Michael received a professional baseball contract paying $7,000,000 per year for 5 years, Bert received a two-year contract for $16,000,000 per year. For purposes of calculations, treat these contracts as ordinary annuities (equal payments each year). Who's contract has a greater present value if we assume a discount rate of 6%?

You are the manager of a large crude-oil refinery. as part of the refining process, a certain heat exchanger (operated at high temperatures and with abrasive material flowing through it) must be replaced every year. the replacement and downtime cost in the first year is $165 comma 000. this cost is expected to increase due to inflation at a rate of 7% per year for six years (i.e. until the eoy 7), at which time this particular heat exchanger will no longer be needed. if the company's cost of capital is 15% per year, how much could you afford to spend for a higher quality heat exchanger so that these annual replacement and downtime costs could be eliminated?