You want to pay off your mortgage on something called an accelerated bi-weekly payment plan (your parents told you to do this). You have a mortgage of $580,000 amortized over 33 years at a rate of 4.3 percent APR compounded semi-annually. (Assume 52 weeks a year.)
a. What would the regular bi-weekly payment be? (Do not round your intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places. Omit the "$" sign in your response.)
b. What would the accelerated bi-weekly payment be? (Do not round your intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places. Omit the "$" sign in your response.)
c. How much quicker would you pay off the mortgage payment? (Do not round your intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 3 decimal places.)
d. How much interest would you save by doing the accelerated bi-weekly payment? (Do not round your intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places. Omit the "$" sign in your response.)

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