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The owner of a small business borrowed $300,000 today (year 0) with an agreement to repay the loan with equal quarterly payments over a five year time period. If the interest rate is nominal 24% per year compounded quarterly, his loan payment each quarter is equal to:
A. $109,275
B. $71,220
C. $26,154
D. $19,938
C. $26,154
First of all we need to find effective rate of interest,
r= (1+i/m)n-1
where r is effective rate of interest
i= nominal interest rate
m= compounding periods in 1 year
n= total compounding periods
here, i= 24/100= 0.24
m=4
n=15
so, r= (1+0.24/4)15-1
r= 1.39655
So, quarterly payment will be (1.39655*300,000)/15= $26,154 Ans.