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1.A check-cashing store is in the business of making personal loans to walk-up customers. The store makes only one-week loans at 7.1 percent interest per week. |
a. |
What APR must the store report to its customers? What EAR are customers actually paying? (Round your answers to 2 decimal places. (e.g., 32.16)) |
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b. |
Now suppose the store makes one-week loans at 7.1 percent discount interest per week. What’s the APR now? The EAR? (Round your answers to 2 decimal places. (e.g., 32.16)) |
Annual percentage rate | % | |
Effective annual rate | % | |
c. |
The check-cashing store also makes one-month add-on interest loans at 7.1 percent discount interest per week. Thus if you borrow $60 for one month (four weeks),the interest will be ($60 × 1.0714 ) – 60 = $18.94. Because this is discount interest, your net loan proceeds today will be $41.06. You must then repay the store $60 at the end of the month. To help you out, though, the store lets you pay off this $60 in installments of $15 per week. What is the APR of this loan? What is the EAR? (Round your answers to 2 decimal places. (e.g., 32.16)) |
Annual percentage rate | % | |
Effective annual rate | % | |
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A check-cashing store is in the business of making personal loans to walk-up customers. The store makes only one-week loans at 6.8 percent interest per week. |
a. |
What APR must the store report to its customers? What EAR are customers actually paying? (Round your answers to 2 decimal places. (e.g., 32.16)) |
Annual percentage rate | % | |
Effective annual rate | % | |
b. |
Now suppose the store makes one-week loans at 6.8 percent discount interest per week. What’s the APR now? The EAR? (Round your answers to 2 decimal places. (e.g., 32.16)) |
Annual percentage rate | % | |
Effective annual rate | % | |
c. |
The check-cashing store also makes one-month add-on interest loans at 6.8 percent discount interest per week. Thus if you borrow $220 for one month (four weeks),the interest will be ($220 × 1.0684 ) – 220 = $66.23. Because this is discount interest, your net loan proceeds today will be $153.77. You must then repay the store $220 at the end of the month. To help you out, though, the store lets you pay off this $220 in installments of $55 per week. What is the APR of this loan? What is the EAR? (Round your answers to 2 decimal places. (e.g., 32.16)) |
Annual percentage rate | % | |
Effective annual rate | % | |