Your son is about to start kindergarten in a private school.
Currently, the tuition is $12,000 per year, payable at the start of
the school year. You expect annual tuition increases to average 6%
per year over the next 13 years. Assuming that you son remains in
this private school through high school and that your current
interest rate is 6%, then the present value of your sonʹs private
school education is closest to: