A person borrows $3,000 on a bank credit card at a nominal rate of 18% per year, which is actually charged at a rate of 1.5% per month. a. Assume that the person does not place any additional charges on the card and pays the bank $150 each month to pay off the loan. Let Bn be the balance owed on the card after n months. Find an explicit formula for Bn . b. What is the total amount of money the person will have paid for the loan?

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A person borrows $3,000 on a bank credit card at a nominal
rate of 18% per year, which is actually charged at a rate of
1.5% per month.

a. Assume that the person does not place any additional
charges on the card and pays the bank $150 each
month to pay off the loan. Let Bn be the balance owed
on the card after n months. Find an explicit formula
for Bn .

b. What is the total amount of money the person will have
paid for the loan?

This is for my discrete mathematics class I think I have defined the correct recursive function for this being f(n) = f(n-1)(1.015) -150 my issue is making this be an explicit formula. 

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