Rye years ago, Ms. Holliday received a mortgage loan from Scotiabank for $260,000 at 6.8% compounded semiannually

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Rye years ago, Ms. Holliday received a mortgage loan from Scotiabank for $260,000 at 6.8% compounded semiannually for a five-year term. Monthly payments were based on a 25-year amortization. The bank is agreeable to renewing the loan for another five-year term at 4.8% compounded semiannually. Calculate the principal reduction that will occur in the second five-year term if 

a. The payments are recalculated based on the new interest rate and a continuation of the original 25-year amortization. 

b. Ms. Holiday continues to make the same payments as she made for the first five years (resulting in a reduction of the amortization period).

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