A large firm received a loan guarantee from the government.Due to the guarantee,the firm can borrow $50 million for five years at 8% interest rate per year instead of 10% per year.Calculate the value of the guarantee to the firm.(Ignore taxes.)
A)+$53.79 million
B)+$3.79 million
C)-$3.79 million
D)$3.99 million

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To calculate the value of the guarantee, we need to find the difference in interest payments between the 8% rate with the guarantee and the 10% rate without the guarantee over five years.

Without the guarantee, the firm would pay:
$50 million x 10% x 5 years = $25 million in interest

With the guarantee, the firm pays:
$50 million x 8% x 5 years = $20 million in interest

The difference in interest payments is:
$25 million - $20 million = $5 million

Therefore, the value of the guarantee to the firm is $5 million or $5,000,000. However, this is not the final answer. This is because the question asks for the present value of the guarantee. We must discount the future value of the $5 million difference in interest payments back to the present using the appropriate discount rate.

Assuming a 5% annual discount rate, the present value of $5 million over five years is approximately $1,209,231.

Therefore, the value of the guarantee to the firm is:
$1,209,231 - $5 million = -$3,790,769 or -$3.79 million.

This means that the guarantee actually costs the firm $3.79 million in present value terms. Thus, the correct answer is B.

A Large Firm Received a Loan Guarantee from the Government