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7. Suppose you bought a new home for $240,000 using a 30-year mortgage with monthly payments of $1,516.96. The annual interest rate of the mortgage is 6.5%. After the first 2 years (24 monthly payments), how much money have you paid in interest and how much in principal?
(a) Interest: $36,407.12; Principal: $5,544.74 (b) Interest: $1,516.96; Principal: $234,455.26 (c) Interest: $30,862.38; Principal $1,516.96 (d) Interest: $30,862.38; Principal: $5,544.74
(d) Interest: $30,862.38; Principal: $5,544.74
Step-1:Calculation of principal repayment | ||||||||
Principal repayment | = | Loan amount | - | Loan remained after 24 payments | ||||
= | $ 2,40,000.00 | - | $ 2,34,454.76 | |||||
= | $ 5,545.24 | |||||||
Working: | ||||||||
Present value of annuity of 1 | = | (1-(1+i)^-n)/i | Where, | |||||
= | 154.5556638 | i | = | 6.5%/12 | = | 0.005417 | ||
n | = | 360-24 | = | 336 | ||||
Loan remained after 24 payments | = | Monthly payment | * | Present value of annuity of 1 | ||||
= | $ 1,516.96 | * | 154.5556638 | |||||
= | $ 2,34,454.76 | |||||||
Step-2:Calculation of interest paid | ||||||||
Total repayment | $ 1,516.96 | * | 24 | = | $ 36,407.04 | |||
Total Loan repaid | $ 5,545.24 | |||||||
Total Interest paid | $ 30,861.80 |