Seaborn Co. has identified an investment project with the following cash flows. Year Cash Flow 1 $850 2 1,100 3 1,300 4 1,150 Required: (a) If the discount rate is 10 percent, what is the present value of these cash flows? (b) What is the present value at 17 percent? (c) What is the present value at 27 percent?

The present value at the discount rate of 10% is $3,443.99  ,$2,955.44 at 17% and $ 2,428.00   at 27%

Explanation:

The present were arrived at by discounting each year's cash flow to present value by applying discounting  factor given  as 1/(1+r)^n where r is the discounting rate and n is the number of applicable time horizon.

Kindly find attached spreadsheet showing full computations of the present values

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