Calculating finance charges using the discount method and APRon a single-payment loan You are taking out a single-payment loan that uses the discount method to compute the finance charges. Computing the finance charges is done the same way they’re computed using the simple interest method. Under the discount method, a borrower receives the principal less the finance charges. For example, if the principal is $6,000 and the finance charges are $900, the borrower will receive $5,100.   The following equation computes the finance charges on your loan: FdFd = FsFs = P x   r x    t   In the equation, FdFd is the finance charge for the loan. What are the other values? P is the principal amount of the loan.   R is the stated annual rate of interest.   T is the term of the loan in years.   You’re borrowing $4,000 for a year and a half with a stated annual interest rate of 10%. Complete the following table. (Note: Round your answers to the nearest dollar.) Principal $4,000 Finance charges   Loan disbursement   Total payback     Annual Percentage Rate (APR) You also want to calculate the APR (annual percentage rate) and compare it to the stated interest rate. APR APR  =  =   Average Annual Finance ChargeAverage Loan Balance Outstanding Average Annual Finance ChargeAverage Loan Balance Outstanding   First, compute the average annual finance charge by dividing the total finance charge of     by the life of the loan, which is a year and a half (1.5 years) =    (Note: Round your answers to the nearest dollar.)   Next, as a single-payment loan, the average loan balance outstanding is constant at the, in this case,    .   Complete the calculation. (Note: Round your answers to the nearest dollar and your percentage point to the nearest two decimal places.) APR = Average Annual Finance Charge / Average Loan Balance Outstanding   =                              /      =                                           %   The APR is      the stated interest rate because the A loan is a single-payment loan.   The term of the loan is more than six months.   Formula to compute finance charges is the same for the discount and simple interest methods.   The discount method was used to calculate finance charges

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7. Calculating finance charges using the discount method and APRon a single-payment loan

You are taking out a single-payment loan that uses the discount method to compute the finance charges. Computing the finance charges is done the same way they’re computed using the simple interest method. Under the discount method, a borrower receives the principal less the finance charges. For example, if the principal is $6,000 and the finance charges are $900, the borrower will receive $5,100.
 
The following equation computes the finance charges on your loan:
FdFd = FsFs = P x   r x    t
 
In the equation, FdFd is the finance charge for the loan. What are the other values?
P is the principal amount of the loan.
 
R is the stated annual rate of interest.
 
T is the term of the loan in years.
 
You’re borrowing $4,000 for a year and a half with a stated annual interest rate of 10%. Complete the following table. (Note: Round your answers to the nearest dollar.)
Principal $4,000
Finance charges
 
Loan disbursement
 
Total payback
 
 
Annual Percentage Rate (APR)
You also want to calculate the APR (annual percentage rate) and compare it to the stated interest rate.
APR APR  =  =   Average Annual Finance ChargeAverage Loan Balance Outstanding Average Annual Finance ChargeAverage Loan Balance Outstanding
 
First, compute the average annual finance charge by dividing the total finance charge of 
 
 by the life of the loan, which is a year and a half (1.5 years) = 
 
(Note: Round your answers to the nearest dollar.)
 
Next, as a single-payment loan, the average loan balance outstanding is constant at the, in this case, 
 
.
 
Complete the calculation. (Note: Round your answers to the nearest dollar and your percentage point to the nearest two decimal places.)
APR = Average Annual Finance Charge / Average Loan Balance Outstanding
  =
 
                           / 
 
  =
 
                                        %
 
The APR is      the stated interest rate because the
A loan is a single-payment loan.
 
The term of the loan is more than six months.
 
Formula to compute finance charges is the same for the discount and simple interest methods.
 
The discount method was used to calculate finance charges
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