A capital recovery factor is the ratio of a constant
annuity to the
present value of receiving that annuity for a given length of time. Using an
interest rate i, the capital recovery factor is: where n is the number of annuities received. This is related to the
annuity formula, which gives the present value in terms of the annuity, the interest rate, and the number of annuities.
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