Answer:
$14,118
Explanation:
The computation of the present value is shown below:
Years      Annual cash flows  Discounting factor @5.6%   Present value
1 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â $3,000.00 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 0.946969697 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â $2,840.91
2 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â $5,000.00 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 0.896751607 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â $4,483.76
3 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â $8,000.00 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 0.8491965975 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â $6,793.57
Total                                               $14,118.24
The discount factor is computed below
= 1 ÷ (1 + rate)^years
like for year 1
= 1 ÷ (1 + 0.056)^1
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