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or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.
7. Jeanne has a $14,800, 3
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-year loan with an APR of 8.56%.
e. Do you feel that it is worth paying the higher monthly payment to have the loan nish
six months earlier?
8. Liz found an error in the monthly payment her bank charged her for a four-year, $19,500
loan. She took the loan out at an APR of 9%. Her bank was charging her $495.26 per month.
9. The Bartolotti family took out a loan to have a garage built next to their house. The ten-year,
10.4% loan was for $56,188. The monthly payment was $475, but the promissory note stated
that there was a balloon payment at the end.
a. How many monthly payments do the Bartolotti’s have to make?
b. What is the sum of all but the last monthly payment?
c. If the nance charge is $34,415.60, what must the total of all of the monthly payments be?
d. What is the amount of the balloon payment for the nal month of this loan?
10. Christina is a police o cer, so she can use the Police and Fire Credit Union. The credit union
will lend her $11,000 for three years at 8.05% APR. The same loan at her savings bank has an
APR of 10.1%.
a. How much would Christina save on the monthly payment if she takes the loan from the
credit union?
b. How much would she save in nance charges by taking the loan from the credit union?
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Answers vary.
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$56,525
$90,603.60
$34,078.60
$10.51
$378.36