Chapter 7, Problem 2OTN

Terri is looking to purchase a used car for $15,000 and received the following auto loan offers. Her goal is to find the option with the lowest monthly payment. Which option should Terri choose to meet her goal? Note you may need to use a financial calculator to answer this question. Select answer from the options below There is not enough information to answer this question. A 60-month loan with a fixed 3.65% interest rate. A 48-month loan with a fixed 2.76% interest rate. A 36-month loan with a fixed 2.72% interest rate.

Finding the time necessary until you pay off a loan is simple if you make equal payments each month. However, when paying off credit cards many individuals only make the minimum monthly payment, which is generally 1% to 2% of the balance or $25 whichever is greater. Locate the credit card calculator at fincalc website and work out this exercise: a) You currently owe $25,000 on a credit card with a 16% interest rate and a minimum payment of $25 or 1% of your balance. b) How soon will you pay off this debt if you make the minimum payment each month? c) How much total interest will you pay using that method? d) Calculate how soon you would pay off this debt if you paid $250 per monthly payment.

We will now verify your results using an online Amortization Calculator. Return to www.bankrate.com (Links to an external site.), scroll down the home page and select Amortization Calculator (Links to an external site.) under the Mortgages heading. Enter the amount, time, and rate for the original loan to begin with and click CALCULATE. Your monthly payments will appear on the side. Click Show Amortization Schedule to see the month-to-month breakdown of your loan payments over the entire term of the loan.

Assume that you are on your way to purchase a new car. You have already applied and been accepted for an automobile loan through your local credit union. The loan can be for an amount up to $25,000, depending on the final price of the car you choose. The terms of the loan call for monthly payments for a period of four years at a stated interest rate equal to 6 percent. After selecting the car you want, you negotiate with the sales representative and agree on a purchase price of $24,000, which does not include any rebates or incentives. The rebate on the car you 24 chose is $3,000. The dealer offers “0% financing,” but you forfeit the $3,000 rebate if you take the “0% financing.” a. What are the monthly payments that you will have to make if you take the “0% financing”? (Hint: Because there is no interest, the total amount that has to be repaid is $24,000, which also equals the sum of all the payments.) b. What are the monthly payments if you finance the car with the credit union loan?…

I need help with answering question B: A car loan offered by Bank One requires quarterly payments and has an APR of 4.8 percent, whereas a the same loan amount may be obtained from Bank Two at an APR of 5 percent with monthly payments. Which loan would you choose and why?

At the Central Furniture Company, customers who buy on credit pay an effective annual interest rate of 16.1%, based on monthly compounding. (a) What is the nominal annual interest rate that they pay? (b) Research the effective annual interest rates charged on a credit card that you or a friend has. How does the rate change if there is a late or skipped payment? What drives these rates? Are the rates ethical? Why or why not?

In the Excel Payment Function file that follows, you are looking to see what your basic mortgage payment will be if you buy a home for $250,000.  It will be  a 30-year mortgage. The interest your bank will charge will be 7.5%.  In cell C5, create a function that determines what your monthly payment will be.

Suppose Mary Grace needs to borrow $8,900 for the purchase of a car and is considering two loan options. Loan A is a four-year loan at 7.6% interest while loan B is a seven-year loan at 7.9% interest.Determine the monthly payment required to repay Loan A and the total interest paid over the life of Loan A. Round solutions to the nearest cent, if necessary.The monthly payment for Loan A is $ .The total interest paid for Loan A is $ .Determine the monthly payment required to repay Loan B and the total interest paid over the life of Loan B. Round solutions to the nearest cent, if necessary.The monthly payment for Loan B is $ .The total interest paid for Loan B is $ .Determine the lower-cost option of the two loans. Loan A is the lower-cost option. Loan B is the lower cost option. Determine the amount of savings Mary Grace will experience if she chooses the lower-cost loan option.Savings = $  Hint: Related FormulaThe loan payment formula for fixed installment loans is given by the…

​(Calculating an EAR​) After examining the various personal loan rates available to​ you, you find that you can borrow funds from a finance company at 12 percent compounded quarterly or from a bank at 13 percent compounded daily. Which alternative is more attractive?   If you can borrow funds from a finance company at 12 percent compounded quarterly​, the EAR for the loan is entered in your response here -----​%. ​ (Round to two decimal​ places.)   If you can borrow funds from a finance company at 13 percent compounded daily, the EAR for the loan is entered in your response here ------%.  (Round to two decimal​ places.) Show excel formula/computation and manual