You Are Negotiating to Make a 7-Year Loan of $37,500

Multiple Choice

You are negotiating to make a 7-year loan of $37,500 to Breck Inc.To repay you,Breck will pay $2,500 at the end of Year 1,$5,000 at the end of Year 2,and $7,500 at the end of Year 3,plus a fixed but currently unspecified cash flow,X,at the end of each year from Year 4 through Year 7.Breck is essentially riskless,so you are confident the payments will be made.You regard 8% as an appropriate rate of return on a low risk but illiquid 7-year loan.What cash flow must the investment provide at the end of each of the final 4 years,that is,what is X?

A) $9,487.32
B) $8,348.84
C) $9,012.95
D) $9,202.70
E) $7,684.73