Alife insurer owes $550,000 in eight years. to fund this outflow, the insurer wishes to buy strips that mature in eight years. the strips have a $5,000 face value per strip and pay a 6 percent apr with semiannual compounding. how much must the insurer spend now to fully fund the outflow (to the nearest dollar)?

The management of a private investment club has a fund of $250,000 earmarked for investment in stocks. to arrive at an acceptable overall level of risk, the stocks that management is considering have been classified into three categories: high risk (x), medium risk (y), and low risk (z). management estimates that high risk stocks will have a rate of return of 15%/year; medium risk stocks, 10%/year; and low risk stocks, 6%/year. the amount of money invested in low risk stocks is to be twice the sum of the amount invested in stocks of the other two categories. if the investment goal is to have a rate of return of 9% on the total investment, determine how much the club should invest in each type of stock. (assume that all the money available for investment is invested.)