A new school building was recently built in the area. The entire cost of the project was $16,000,000. The city has put the project on a 20-year loan with an APR of 2.6%. There are 15,000 families that will be responsible for making monthly payments towards the loan. Determine the total amount that each family should be required to pay each year to cover the cost of the new school building. Round your answer to the nearest cent, if necessary.

You must decide whether to buy, build or lease a building for your business needs over the next 10 years. If you decide to build, you must determine if it is better to buy an existing building and modify it or buy land and build one to match your needs. Leasing an appropriate building will cost $10,000 per month with an annual increase of 3% per year and will require some retrofitting to suit your needs ($700,000). Empty land will cost $2,500,000 and the construction of a new building would be $3,000,000. You can buy an existing building for $2,500,000 but you will have to modify it to your needs at a cost of $1,200,000. However, the building itself is quite old and will be at the end of its useful life when the ten years are up. You estimate that the land alone is worth $2,000,000. There is a municipal election scheduled in the next months. The frontrunner, who has an estimated 70% chance of winning, is prioritizing core services and the environment. If they win, there is a 65% chance…

The management of a condominium association anticipates a capital expenditure of $150,000 in 3 years for the purpose of painting the exterior of the condominium. To pay for this maintenance, a sinking fund will be set up that will earn interest at the rate of 5.6%/year compounded monthly. Determine the amount of each (equal) monthly installment the association will be required to deposit into the fund at the end of each month for the next 3 years. (Round your answer to the nearest cent.)

You are considering purchasing a lot adjacentto your laundry business to provide adequate parking space for your customers. You need to borrow$75,000 to secure the lot. You have made a deal with alocal bank to pay the loan back over a five-year periodwith the following payment terms: 14%, 20%, 26%,32%, and 38% of the initial loan at the end of first,second, third, fourth, and fifth years, respectively.(a) What rate of interest is the bank earning fromthis loan?(b) What would be the total interest paid over thefive-year period?