Suppose you borrow $250 from a payday lender for one week at a weekly rate of 10%. You'll obviously owe $275 at the end of a week. If you are unable to repay the loan, however, the lender will say that you now owe not only $275 but also 10% of that $275 at the end of the second week. Under this scenario, it turns out that after n weeks of not repaying anything you would owe  250 × 1.1n dollars. Use this formula to determine how much you would owe after 10 weeks. (Round to the nearest cent.) $648.44    648.44 What total percent interest are you being charged on your 10-week loan? (Round to the nearest percent.) 1.5938    159  %

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Suppose you borrow $250 from a payday lender for one week at a weekly rate of 10%. You'll obviously owe $275 at the end of a week. If you are unable to repay the loan, however, the lender will say that you now owe not only $275 but also 10% of that $275 at the end of the second week. Under this scenario, it turns out that after n weeks of not repaying anything you would owe 

250 × 1.1n dollars.



Use this formula to determine how much you would owe after 10 weeks. (Round to the nearest cent.)
$648.44   

648.44



What total percent interest are you being charged on your 10-week loan? (Round to the nearest percent.)
1.5938   

159

 %

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