You are shopping for a $150,000, 30-year (360-month) loan to buy a house. The monthly payment is

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You are shopping for a $150,000, 30-year (360-month) loan to buy a house. The monthly payment is150,000(r/12) m(r) 1 - (1 + r/12)-360°

where r is the annual interest rate. Suppose banks are currently offering interest rates between 6% and 8%.

a. Use the Intermediate Value Theorem to show there is a value of r in (0.06, 0.08)—an interest rate between 6% and 8%—that allows you to make monthly payments of $1000 per month.

b. Use a graph to illustrate your explanation to part (a). Then determine the interest  rate you need for monthly payments of $1000.

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Calculus Early Transcendentals

ISBN: 978-0321947345

2nd edition

Authors: William L. Briggs, Lyle Cochran, Bernard Gillett

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