Company A owns a patent with 15 years of remaining life. Company B is paying royalties to Company A for a license to the patent. It is estimated that royalty payments (end-of- year payments) for the next 15 years will be $6,000 per year for the first 5 years, $8,000 per year for the next 4 years, and $10,000 per year for the last 6 years. Company B offers to pre-pay the expected royalty payments for $70,000 now. If Company A considers 10% per year to be its minimum acceptable return on investment, should it accept the pre- payment offer for $70,000 now (time 0) or take the royalty payments year by year?