17. Visa Card and other credit card issuers must by law print
the Annual Percentage Rate(APR) on their monthly statements. If the
APR is stated to be 24.00%, with interest paid monthly, what is the
card's EAR%?
A. 18.58%.
B. 19.56%.
C. 25.44%.
D. 21.57%.
E. None of the above.
18. You estimate that you will need about $80,000 to send your
child to college in eight years. You have about $35,000 now. At
what rate will you just reach your goal?
A. 11.28%
B. 10.88%
C. 9.85%
D. 12.14%
E. None of the above.
19. A client plans to retire in 15 years and will need to
withdraw $50,000 from his retirement account each year for 10
years, beginning on the day he retires. After that, he will need to
withdraw $20,000 per year for 25 years. The account returns 4%
annually. The amount he needs to have in the account on the day he
retires is closest to:
A. $580,000.
B. $640,000.
C. $655,000.
D. $670,000.
E. None of the above.
20. Three years from now, an investor will deposit the first
of eight $1,000 payments into a special fund. The fund will earn
interest at the rate of 5% per year until the third deposit is
made. Thereafter, the fund will return a reduced interest rate of
4% compounded annually until the final deposit is made. How much
money will the investor have in the fund at the end of ten years
assuming no withdrawals are made?
A. $8,872.93.
B. $9,251.82.
C. $9,549.11.
D. Cannot be determined.
E. None of the above.