Peg Gasperoni bought a $50,000 life insurance policy for $300 per year. Ryan Life Insurance Company sent her the following billing instructions along with a premium plan example: "Your insurance premium notice will be mailed to you in a few days. You may pay the entire premium in full without a finance charge or you may pay the premium in installments after a down payment and the balance in monthly installments of $75. The finance charge will be added to the unpaid balance. The finance charge is based on an annual percentage rate of 15%."   If the total policy premium is: And you put down: The balance subject to finance charge will be: The total number of monthly installments ($30 minimum) will be: The monthly installment before adding the finance charge will be: The total finance charge for all installments will be: And the total deferred payment price will be: $300 $75.00 $225.00 3 $75.00 $5.94 $305.94  400  95.00  305.00 5  75.00  9.91  409.91  500  120.00  380.00 6  75.00  15.21  515.21   Peg feels that the finance charge of $5.94 is in error. a. What is the actual finance charge for the first three months? (Round your answer to the nearest cent.)   b. Is she correct? multiple choice Yes No

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Peg Gasperoni bought a $50,000 life insurance policy for $300 per year. Ryan Life Insurance Company sent her the following billing instructions along with a premium plan example:

"Your insurance premium notice will be mailed to you in a few days. You may pay the entire premium in full without a finance charge or you may pay the premium in installments after a down payment and the balance in monthly installments of $75. The finance charge will be added to the unpaid balance. The finance charge is based on an annual percentage rate of 15%."

 

If the total
policy premium is:
And you put down: The balance subject to finance charge will be: The total number of monthly installments
($30 minimum)
will be:
The monthly installment before adding the finance charge will be: The total finance charge for all installments
will be:
And the total deferred payment price will be:
$300 $75.00 $225.00 3 $75.00 $5.94 $305.94
 400  95.00  305.00 5  75.00  9.91  409.91
 500  120.00  380.00 6  75.00  15.21  515.21
 


Peg feels that the finance charge of $5.94 is in error.

a. What is the actual finance charge for the first three months? (Round your answer to the nearest cent.)

 



b. Is she correct?

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