A local finance company quotes an interest rate of 16.7 percent on one-year loans. So, if you borrow $25,000, the interest for the year will be $4,175. Because you must repay a total of $29,175 in one year, the finance company requires you to pay $29,175/12, or $2,431.25 per month over the next 12 months. Is the interest rate on this loan 16.7 percent? What rate would legally have to be quoted? What is the effective annual rate?

A local finance company quotes an interest rate of 16.7 percent on one-year loans. So, if you borrow $25,000, the interest for the year will be $4,175. Because you must repay a total of $29,175 in one year, the finance company requires you to pay $29,175/12, or $2,431.25 per month over the next 12 months. Is the interest rate on this loan 16.7 percent? What rate would legally have to be quoted? What is the effective annual rate?

EBK CONTEMPORARY FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

14th Edition

ISBN:9781337514835

Author:MOYER

Publisher:MOYER

Chapter19: Lease And Intermediate-term Financing

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 19P

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