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A Friend Who Owns a Perpetuity That Promises to Pay

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A friend who owns a perpetuity that promises to pay £1,000 at the end of each year, forever, comes to you and offers to sell you all of the payments to be received after the 25th year for a price of £1,000.At an interest rate of 10%, should you pay the £1,000 today to receive payment numbers 26 and onwards? What does this suggest to you about the value of perpetual payments?

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The present value of the perpetuity is £...

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