Answer: interest rate = 4.85 per year
Working notes for the above answer is as under
Annual Payment $2,500 a year for 10 years
Present value is $20388.73 today
Now we put all this information in to the formula as follow
PVOA = PMT time ( PVOA Factor = For n = 5Year;i=? per year)
20388.73 = 2500 time ( PVOA Factor = For n = 5Year;i=? per year)
20388.73/2500= ( PVOA Factor = For n = 5Year;i=? per year)
8.1554= ( PVOA Factor = For n = 5Year;i=? per year)
8.155 = PVOA Factor = For n = 5Year;i=4.85 per year