A local finance company quotes a 16 percent interest rate on one-year loans. So,

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A local finance company quotes a 16 percent interest rate on one-year loans. So, if you borrow $25,000, the interest for the year will be $4,000. Because you must repay a total of $29,000 in one year, the finance company requires you to pay $29,000/12, or $2,416.67, per month over the next 12 months. (Do not include the percent signs (%). Round your answers to 2 decimal places. (e.g., 32.16)) Is this a 16 percent loan? A. yes? B. no? What rate would legally have to be quoted ??? percent. What is the effective annual rate ???percent.

Explanation / Answer

To find the APR and EAR, we need to use the actual cash flows of the loan. In other words, the interest rate quoted in the problem is only relevant to determine the total interest under the terms given. The interest rate for the cash flows of the loan is: PVA = $25,000 = $2,416.67{(1 – [1 / (1 + r)]12 ) / r } Again, we cannot solve this equation for r, so we need to solve this equation on a financial calculator, using a spreadsheet, or by trial and error. Using a spreadsheet, we find: r = 2.361% per month So the APR is: APR = 12(2.361%) = 28.33% And the EAR is: EAR = (1.02361)12 – 1 = .3231 or 32.31%

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