Carmen’s Beauty Salon has estimated monthly financing requirements for the next six months as follows: January $ 9,000 April $ 9,000 February 3,000 May 10,000 March 4,000 June 5,000 Short-term financing will be utilized for the next six months. Projected annual interest rates are: January 9.0% April 16.0% February 10.0% May 12.0% March 13.0% June 12.0% a. Compute total dollar interest payments for the six months. Note: Round your monthly interest rate to 2 decimal places when expressed as a percent. Round your interest payments to the nearest whole cent.   b-1. Compute the total dollar interest payments if long-term financing at 12 percent had been utilized throughout the six months? Note: Round your monthly interest rate to 2 decimal places when expressed as a percent. Round your interest payments to the nearest whole cent.   b-2. If long-term financing at 12 percent had been utilized throughout the six months, would the total-dollar interest payments be larger or smaller than with the short-term financing plan? multiple choice Smaller Larger

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Carmen’s Beauty Salon has estimated monthly financing requirements for the next six months as follows:

January $ 9,000 April $ 9,000
February 3,000 May 10,000
March 4,000 June 5,000

Short-term financing will be utilized for the next six months. Projected annual interest rates are:

January 9.0% April 16.0%
February 10.0% May 12.0%
March 13.0% June 12.0%

a. Compute total dollar interest payments for the six months.

Note: Round your monthly interest rate to 2 decimal places when expressed as a percent. Round your interest payments to the nearest whole cent.

 

b-1. Compute the total dollar interest payments if long-term financing at 12 percent had been utilized throughout the six months?

Note: Round your monthly interest rate to 2 decimal places when expressed as a percent. Round your interest payments to the nearest whole cent.

 

b-2. If long-term financing at 12 percent had been utilized throughout the six months, would the total-dollar interest payments be larger or smaller than with the short-term financing plan?

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