Marlon has just won some money on a game show! He has the option to take a lump sum payment of $625,000 now or get paid an annuity of $4,500 per month for the next 15 years. Assuming the growth rate of the economy is 3.9% compounding annually over the next 15 years, which is the better deal for Marlon and by how much?

Lump Sum: by $299,464.04
Lump Sum: by $20,387.02
Annuity: by $185,000.00
Annuity: by $20,387.02

Question

Marlon has just won some money on a game show! He has the option to take a lump sum payment of $625,000 now or get paid an annuity of $4,500 per month for the next 15 years. Assuming the growth rate of the economy is 3.9% compounding annually over the next 15 years, which is the better deal for Marlon and by how much?

 Lump Sum: by $299,464.04
 Lump Sum: by $20,387.02
 Annuity: by $185,000.00
 Annuity: by $20,387.02

anonymous · Answer

i've tried using a calculator and i'm not getting any of the answers.