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You borrowed $10,000 two years ago. The loan terms are: 5-year loan with APR of 12% and with monthly payments of $222.44. Today, you decided you want to pay off the loan in 20 months rather than the remaining life of the loan. How much more do you have to add to your monthly payment in order to accomplish it?
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Step-1:Loan balance as of today | ||||||||
Loan balance is the present value of montly payments. | ||||||||
Loan balance | = | =-pv(rate,nper,pmt) | Where, | |||||
= | $ 6,697.11 | rate | 12%/12 | = | 0.01 | |||
nper | (5-2)*12 | = | 36 | |||||
pmt | = | $ 222.44 | ||||||
Step-2:revised monthly payment | ||||||||
Revised monthly payment | = | =pmt(rate,nper,-pv) | Where, | |||||
= | $ 371.12 | rate | 12%/12 | = | 0.01 | |||
nper | = | 20 | ||||||
pv | = | $ 6,697.11 | ||||||
Step-3:Addition to monthly payment | ||||||||
Addition to monthly payment | = | Revised monthly payment | - | Existing monthly payment | ||||
= | $ 371.12 | - | $ 222.44 | |||||
= | $ 148.68 |