Sara Beth wants to purchase a used car in excellent condition. She has decided on a car with low mileage that will cost $20,000. After considering several alternatives, she identified a local lending source that will charge her an interest rate of 6% per annum compounded monthly for a 48 month loan: (a) What will be the size of her monthly payments? (b) What will be the remaining balance on her loan immediately after making her 24th payment? (c) If she chooses to pay off the loan at the time of her 36th payment, how much must she pay? (d) What portion of her 12th payment is interest? (e) What portion of her 12th payment is an equity payment?

4) Brenda is buying a living room set for her home. At Furniture, Inc., she picks out a set for a total cash price of $1,899 The salesperson tells her if she qualifies for an installment loan, she may pay 10% down and finance the balance with payments of $88.35 per month for 24 months?

While Mary Corens was a student at the University of Tennessee, she borrowed $12,000 in student loans at an annual interest rate of 7%. If Mary repays $1,700 per year, then how long (to the nearest year) will it take her to repay the loan? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to the nearest whole number.

6) Susan is looking to purchase her first home five years from today. The house costs $1,550,000. She will have to make a down payment of 10% of this amount and plans to take a loan from the bank for the difference. Bank charges are approximately 15% of the loan amount. She plans to start saving from today to cover both the down payment and the bank charges. a. How much will she need to save to cover both the down payment and bank charges? b. If she currently has $195,000 in her account and will make no further deposits over the next five years, what rate of interest must she earn on this account in order to achieve the savings target calculated in part (a) above?

Arnold has determined that he can afford a monthly payment of $325 for a car. If he can obtain a 4 year car loan at an annual interest rate of 3.1%, what is the maximum amount (in dollars) he can finance? Round your answer to the nearest cent. 

Tom needs a car to commute to work and has found a suitable Honda Civic from a dealer for $8000. He has $3000 saved for it and can afford a monthly payment up to $250. Which of the following is the best (lowest total cost) financing option for him? O a. Make a $3000 deposit and take a two year loan with monthly payments of $221. O b. Make a $2000 deposit and take a three year loan with monthly payments of $185. O c. Make a $2500 deposit and take a two year loan with monthly payments of $241. O d. Make a $1000 deposit and take a three year loan with monthly payments of $210.

Kerri James is considering the purchase of a car, which will cost her $24,600. She will borrow the entire purchase price and make monthly payments over the next six years. The first payment is due next month and the annual interest rate is 3.00%. She will owe $____ on the car immediately following the 18th payment. A. 18,858.19 B. 18,531.57 C. 20,757.33 D. 19,184.00 E. 23,258.56

A couple plans to purchase a vacation home. The bank requires a 5% down payment on the $450,000 vacation home. The couple will finance the rest of the cost with a fixed-rate mortgage at 9% annual interest with monthly payments over 30 years. Complete the parts below. Do not round any intermediate computations. Round your final answers to the nearest cent if necessary. If necessary, refer to the list of financial formulas. (a) Find the required down payment. (b) Find the amount of the mortgage. (c) Find the monthly payment.

Kimberly Jensen of Storm Lake, Iowa, wants to buy some living room furniture for her new apartment. A local store offered credit at an APR of 16 percent, with a maximum term of four years. The furniture she wishes to purchase costs $3,600, with no down payment required.  What are the total finance charges over that four-year period? Round your answer to the nearest dollar.

Kat is looking to but her first car. She has figured that she can afford to make up to a $388 monthly payment to the bank for a car loan. She plans to pay off the car loan in 5 years and the bank is willing to give her a 6% interest rate, compounded monthly.  What is the maximum amount she can borrow to purchase a car? (How expensive of a car can she afford) Round to the dollar $