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Vincent took a loan of $8,200 from his parents to purchase equipment for his hair salon. If they agreed on an interest rate of 6% compounded quarterly on the loan, what monthly payments will settle the loan in 5 years if he made his first payment 3 years and 6 months from now?
a)$194.16
b)$255.21
c)$158.42
d)$208.23
Balance outstanding at the time of commencement of repayment, after 3 years and 6 months= $10,100.40 calculated as future value of loan amount as follows:
Since the first payment is made in 3 years and 6 months, payments are treated as made in advance (beginning of the month).
Interest rate of 6% compounded quarterly corresponds to yearly rate with monthly compounding of 5.970248% (monthly rate of 0.497521%) as follows:
Monthly payment required to amortize the loan balance = $194.16 as follows:
The answer is option a