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You took out some student loans in college and now owe $15,000. You consolidated the loans into one amortizing loan, which has an annual interest rate of 6% (APR). Part 1 If you make monthly payments of $200, how many months will it take to pay off the loan? Fractional values are acceptable.
Information provided:
Present value= $15,000
Monthly payment= $200
Monthly interest rate= 6%/12= 0.50%
The time taken to payoff the loan is computed by entering the below in a financial calculator:
PV= -15,000
PMT= 200
I/Y= 0.50
Press the CPT key and N to compute the time taken to payoff the loan.
The value obtained is 94.2355.
Therefore, it takes 94.24 months to payoff the loan.