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Papa bank offers to lend you RM 100,000 at a nominal rate of 5.0%, with interest paid quarterly. Mama Bank offers to lend you the RM 100,000, but it will charge 6.0%, with interest paid at the end to the year. Compute the difference in the effective annual rates charged by these two bank.
Effective interest rate is found as follows:-
Effective rate papa bank = (1 + 0.05/4)4 – 1 = 5.1%.
Effective interest rate Mama bank = 6%
Difference in the effective annual rates charged by these two bank = 0.06 - 0.051
Difference in the effective annual rates charged by these two bank = 0.9 %
Difference in the effective annual rates charged by these two bank = 0.9 %