To purchase a used automobile, you borrow $10,000 from Loan Shark Enterprises. They tell you the interest

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To purchase a used automobile, you borrow $10,000 from Loan Shark Enterprises. They tell you the interest rate is 1% per month for 35 months. They also charge you $200 for a credit investigation, so you leave with $9,800 in your pocket. The monthly payment they calculated for you is

$10,000 (0.1) (35) + $10,000 35 $385.71/month.

If you agree to these terms and sign their contract, what is the actual APR (annual percentage rate) that you are paying?

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Engineering Economy

ISBN: 978-0133439274

16th edition

Authors: William G. Sullivan, Elin M. Wicks, C. Patrick Koelling

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