The following series of payments has present value zero:
Contributions 10 20 100
___________ ________
Time (in years) 0 15 30
The present value at time 10 of the payments at time 15 and at time 30 is
â’20(1.03) to the power -10 + 100(1.03) to the power -40 = â’14.8818 + 30.6557
= 15.7738
This equals the present value at time 10 of the initial deposit, i.e.
10(1â’d/4) to the power -40 = 15.7738
So, d = 4.5318%