Short Answer

Determining Original Future Income

An individual decides to borrow $50 in the present to fund their current consumption. They agree to an interest rate of 8%. In the next period, after they have fully repaid the loan principal and all the interest, they are left with $146 for their future consumption. What was this individual's original guaranteed income for the future period before they took out the loan? Show your calculations.

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