Engineering Economy 7th Edition by Leland Blank ,Anthony Tarquin

Exercise 34

As a principal in the consulting firm where you have worked for 20 years, you have accumulated 5000 shares of company stock. One year ago, each share of stock was worth $40. The company has offered to buy back your shares for $225,000. At what interest rate would the firm's offer be equivalent to the worth of the stock last year