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After making minimum payments for 3 years on a 25-year home loan, a couple decide to pay an additional $150 per month toward the principal. The original loan amount was $280000 with an annual interest rate of 5% compounded monthly.
By how many months will the term of this loan be reduced with this additional monthly payment?
___________months (carry out all calculations exactly, round to the nearest integer the final answer only)
Over the life of this loan, how much interest will be saved?
_____________dollars (round to the nearest integer)
the tolerance is +/-2%