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Deferred Freehold Estate

When the rate of interest is 4 per cent., find what sum must be paid now to receive a freehold estate of £400 a year 10 years hence; having given , .

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H. S. Hall & S. R. Knight, Higher Algebra (1891) · Ch. XVIII. Interest and Annuities, Examples XVIII.b, No. 8

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Checked against the answer in H. S. Hall & S. R. Knight, Higher Algebra (1891).