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Show that the Rule of 78 charges Interest higher in the begining
and reduces over the life of the loan with the following data:
(Hint: add up months to arrive at the monthly ratio)
Loan:
$ 10,000
Interest
rate: 5%
Duration:
1 year
Given in the problem | Calculation | ||||||
Loan Amount | $10,000 | Year | EMI | Interest | Principal | Remaining Balance | |
Interest | 5% | 1 | $856 | $42 | $814 | $9,186 | |
Repayment Mode | Yearly | 2 | $856 | $38 | $818 | $8,368 | |
No of Years | 1 | 3 | $856 | $35 | $821 | $7,547 | |
4 | $856 | $31 | $825 | $6,722 | |||
Convert to monthly | 5 | $856 | $28 | $828 | $5,894 | ||
Interest rate | 5%/12 | 0.417% | 6 | $856 | $25 | $832 | $5,062 |
Months | 12 | 7 | $856 | $21 | $835 | $4,227 | |
8 | $856 | $18 | $838 | $3,389 | |||
9 | $856 | $14 | $842 | $2,547 | |||
10 | $856 | $11 | $845 | $1,702 | |||
11 | $856 | $7 | $849 | $853 | |||
12 | $856 | $4 | $853 | ($0) | |||
Answer Monthly interest 1st month $42 and 12 month is $4 | |||||||
Hence Rule of 78 charges Interest higher in the beginning and reduces over the life of the is correct |
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