Finite Mathematics and Applied Calculus (MindTap Course List)
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Author: Stefan Waner, Steven Costenoble
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Chapter 3.1, Problem 31E
In Exercises 17–36, compute the specified quantity. Round all answers to the nearest month, the nearest cent, or the nearest 0.001%, as appropriate.
Fees You are expecting a tax refund of $1,000 in 4 weeks. A tax preparer offers you a $1,000 loan for a fee of $50 to be repaid by your refund check when it arrives in 4 weeks. Thinking of the fee as interest, what weekly simple interest rate would you be paying on this loan? What is the corresponding annual rate? [hinT: See Example 5.]
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