A debt of $8,000 is to be amortized with 8 equal semi-annual payments of $1288.29 . If the interest rate is 12% compounded semiannually, find the unpaid balance immediately after the fifth payment. What is N after the fifth payment?

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A debt of $8,000 is to be amortized with 8 equal semi-annual payments of $1288.29 . If the interest rate is 12% compounded semiannually, find the unpaid balance immediately after the fifth payment.

What is N after the fifth payment?

You are finding PV using this N and PMT as -1288.29 . What is PV ?( This gives the unpaid balance)

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