Graciela Treadwell Won a Lottery

Graciela Treadwell won a lottery. She will have a choice of receiving $25,000 at the end of each year for the next 30 years, or a lump sum today. If she can earn a return of 10 percent on any investment she makes, what is the least she should be willing to accept today as a lump-sum payment? (Round to the nearest hundred dollars.)

A) $750,000
B) $334,600
C) $212,400
D) $235,700