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This problem is a complex financial problem that requires several skills, perhaps some from previous sections. Clark and Lana take a 30-year home mortgage of $128,000 at 7.5%, compounded monthly. They make their regular monthly payments for 5 years, then decide to pay $1400 per month. (a) Find their regular monthly payment. (Round your answer to the nearest cent.) $ (b) Find the unpaid balance when they begin paying the $1400. (Round your answer to the nearest cent.) $ (c) How many payments of $1400 will it take to pay off the loan? Give the answer correct to two decimal places. monthly payments (d) Use your answer to part (c) to find how much interest they save by paying the loan this way. (Round your answer to the nearest cent.) $
Workings:
Regular Monthly Payment
Unpaid Balance end of 5 years (when they begin paying the $1400)
Number of Payments of $1400 to pay off the loan