Your child's orthodontist offers you two alternative payment plans. The first plan requires a $3,900 immediate up-front payment. The second plan requires you to make monthly payments of $129.56, payable at the end of each month for 3 years. What nominal annual interest rate is built into the monthly payment plan?

Your child's orthodontist offers you two alternative payment plans. The first plan requires a $4,000 immediate up-front payment. The second plan requires you to make monthly payments of $137.41, payable at the end of each month for 3 years. What nominal annual interest rate is built into the monthly payment plan?   a. 15.25%     b. 7.34%     c. 25.86%     d. 11.42%     e. 14.36%

Chuck Wells is planning to buy a Winnebago motor home. The listed price is $185,000. Chuck can get a secured add-on interest loan from his bank at 7.35% for as long as 60 months if he pays 15% down. Chuck's goal is to keep his payments below $4,300 per month and amortize the loan in 42 months. (a) Find Chuck's monthly payment (in $) with these conditions. (Round your answer to the nearest cent.) $ 4257.64 × Can he pay off the loan and keep his payments under $4,300? Yes, under these conditions, Chuck will meet his goal. No, the monthly payment is too high. (b) What are Chuck's options to get his payments closer to his goal? (Select all that apply.) □ □ □ □ □ make a lower down payment try to bargain for a lower sale price make a higher down payment try to negotiate a higher interest rate try to bargain for a higher sale price try to negotiate a lower interest rate

Peg Gasperoni bought a $50,000 life insurance policy for $190 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 $50. The finance charge will be added to the unpaid balance. The finance charge is based on an annual percentage rate of 18%." If the total policy premium is: $190 290 390 And you put down: Finance Charge $50.00 70.00 95.00 The balance subject to finance charge will be: $140.00 220.00 295.00 $ 4.96 The total number of monthly installments ($30 minimum) will be: Peg feels that the finance charge of $4.35 is in error. a. What is the actual finance charge for the first three months? Note: Round your answer to the nearest cent. 3 5 6 The monthly installment before adding the…

You currently have two loans outstanding: a car loan and a student loan. The  car loan requires that you pay $322 per month, starting next month for 34 more months. Your student loan is requires that you pay $145 per month, starting next month for the next 46 months.   A debt consolidation company gives you the following offer: It will pay off the balances of your two loans today and then charge you $511 per month for the next 37 months, starting next month. If your investments earn 4.14% APR, compounded monthly, how much would you save or lose by taking the debt consolidation company’s offer? If you lose, state your answer with a negative sign (e.g., -25,126)

Your child's orthodontist offers you two alternative payment plans. The first plan requires a $3,900 immediate up-front payment. The second plan requires you to make monthly payments of $129.56, payable at the end of each month for 3 years. What nominal annual interest rate is built into the monthly payment plan?   a. 9.51%     b. 12.75%     c. 6.15%     d. 12.01%     e. 21.05%