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A company has determined that the future opportunity cost of undertaking a specific one-year project is exactly $105,000. This cost is based on the amount the initial funds could have earned in the financial market over the same period. Which of the following combinations of initial investment and market interest rate would result in this specific future opportunity cost?
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