In: Accounting
You have just entered college and have decided to pay for your living expenses using a credit card that has no minimum monthly payment. You intend to charge $900 per month on the card for the next 45 months. The card carries a monthly interest rate of 0.9 %.
How much money will you owe on the card 46 months from now, when you receive your first statement post-graduation?
After 45 months you will owe $____. (Round to the nearest cent)
Months | Amount paid | Interest @ 0.9 % Per months | Cumulative Value (Amount paid + Interest) | |||
1 | $ 900.00 | $ 0.81 | $ 900.81 | |||
2 | $ 900.00 | $ 1.62 | $ 1,802.43 | |||
3 | $ 900.00 | $ 2.43 | $ 2,704.86 | |||
4 | $ 900.00 | $ 3.24 | $ 3,608.11 | |||
5 | $ 900.00 | $ 4.06 | $ 4,512.16 | |||
6 | $ 900.00 | $ 4.87 | $ 5,417.04 | |||
7 | $ 900.00 | $ 5.69 | $ 6,322.72 | |||
8 | $ 900.00 | $ 6.50 | $ 7,229.22 | |||
9 | $ 900.00 | $ 7.32 | $ 8,136.54 | |||
10 | $ 900.00 | $ 8.13 | $ 9,044.67 | |||
11 | $ 900.00 | $ 8.95 | $ 9,953.62 | |||
12 | $ 900.00 | $ 9.77 | $ 10,863.39 | |||
13 | $ 900.00 | $ 10.59 | $ 11,773.98 | |||
14 | $ 900.00 | $ 11.41 | $ 12,685.38 | |||
15 | $ 900.00 | $ 12.23 | $ 13,597.61 | |||
16 | $ 900.00 | $ 13.05 | $ 14,510.66 | |||
17 | $ 900.00 | $ 13.87 | $ 15,424.53 | |||
18 | $ 900.00 | $ 14.69 | $ 16,339.22 | |||
19 | $ 900.00 | $ 15.52 | $ 17,254.73 | |||
20 | $ 900.00 | $ 16.34 | $ 18,171.07 | |||
21 | $ 900.00 | $ 17.16 | $ 19,088.24 | |||
22 | $ 900.00 | $ 17.99 | $ 20,006.23 | |||
23 | $ 900.00 | $ 18.82 | $ 20,925.04 | |||
24 | $ 900.00 | $ 19.64 | $ 21,844.69 | |||
25 | $ 900.00 | $ 20.47 | $ 22,765.16 | |||
26 | $ 900.00 | $ 21.30 | $ 23,686.45 | |||
27 | $ 900.00 | $ 22.13 | $ 24,608.58 | |||
28 | $ 900.00 | $ 22.96 | $ 25,531.54 | |||
29 | $ 900.00 | $ 23.79 | $ 26,455.33 | |||
30 | $ 900.00 | $ 24.62 | $ 27,379.95 | |||
31 | $ 900.00 | $ 25.45 | $ 28,305.40 | |||
32 | $ 900.00 | $ 26.28 | $ 29,231.68 | |||
33 | $ 900.00 | $ 27.12 | $ 30,158.80 | |||
34 | $ 900.00 | $ 27.95 | $ 31,086.76 | |||
35 | $ 900.00 | $ 28.79 | $ 32,015.54 | |||
36 | $ 900.00 | $ 29.62 | $ 32,945.17 | |||
37 | $ 900.00 | $ 30.46 | $ 33,875.63 | |||
38 | $ 900.00 | $ 31.30 | $ 34,806.93 | |||
39 | $ 900.00 | $ 32.14 | $ 35,739.06 | |||
40 | $ 900.00 | $ 32.98 | $ 36,672.04 | |||
41 | $ 900.00 | $ 33.81 | $ 37,605.85 | |||
42 | $ 900.00 | $ 34.66 | $ 38,540.51 | |||
43 | $ 900.00 | $ 35.50 | $ 39,476.00 | |||
44 | $ 900.00 | $ 36.34 | $ 40,412.34 | |||
45 | $ 900.00 | $ 37.18 | $ 41,349.52 | |||
Answer= | $ 41,349.52 | |||||
Note: Interest on the first month is charged on opening balance | ||||||
and after that on cumulative balance in last coloumn | ||||||