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You want to borrow $25,000. For the loan to be paid off, you must repay $1000 every quarter (4 times per year) for the next 7 years plus $7000 at the end of the 7 years. Based on this, what rate of interest are you paying?
PV = 25,000
PMT = -1,000
N = 7 * 4 = 28
FV = -7,000
CPT I/Y
I/Y = 2.07885914% per quarter
Interest rate per year = 2.07885914% * 4
Interest rate per year = 0.0831543656
Interest rate per year = 8.31543656%