To buy a reliable car, you finance $30,000 over 5 years at 4.80%. a. How much
Question:
To buy a reliable car, you finance $30,000 over 5 years at 4.80%.
a. How much will your monthly payment be?
b. How much will your total payment be? (Multiply your previous answer by the number of payments you are making.)
c. How much of that amount is the interest payment?
2. Tired of paying your apartment rent every month, you decide to buy a condo unit. You decide to take out a mortgage of $320,000 for 30 years at 3% monthly. Your monthly payments, according to the formula, will be $1349.13.
a. How much will your TOTAL payment be? (Multiply your previous answer by the number of payments you are making.)
b. How much of that amount is the interest payment?
c. Can you afford a 15-year mortgage at the same rate? In that case, your monthly
payments will be $2209.86. How much are you saving in the interest payment?
Financial Reporting Financial Statement Analysis and Valuation a strategic perspective
ISBN: 978-1285190907
8th edition
Authors: James M. Wahlen, Stephen P. Baginski, Mark Bradshaw