For your twenty-first birthday, your grandfather offers you a gift of $1000 today. However you have the choice of waiting 3 years and receiving $1500 or waiting 5 years and receiving $3000. If your money grows at a rate of 8 percent compounded annually, which alternative should you choose?

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