en’s Beauty Salon has estimated monthly financing requirements for the next six months as follows: January $ 8,100 April $ 8,100 February 2,100 May 9,100 March 3,100 June 4,100 Short-term financing will be utilized for the next six months. Projected annual interest rates are: January 5.0 % April 12.0 % February 6.0 % May 12.0 % March 9.0 % June 12.0 % a. Compute total dollar interest payments for the six months. (Round your monthly interest rate to 2 decimal places when expressed as a percent. Round your interest payments to the nearest whole cent.) b-1. Compute the total dollar interest payments if long-term financing at 12 percent had been utilized throughout the six mon

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Carmen’s Beauty Salon has estimated monthly financing requirements for the next six months as follows:
  

           
January $ 8,100 April $ 8,100
February   2,100 May   9,100
March   3,100 June   4,100
 


Short-term financing will be utilized for the next six months. Projected annual interest rates are:
 

           
January 5.0 % April 12.0 %
February 6.0 % May 12.0 %
March 9.0 % June 12.0 %
 

 
a. Compute total dollar interest payments for the six months. (Round your monthly interest rate to 2 decimal places when expressed as a percent. Round your interest payments to the nearest whole cent.)
  

b-1. Compute the total dollar interest payments if long-term financing at 12 percent had been utilized throughout the six months? (Round your monthly interest rate to 2 decimal places when expressed as a percent. Round your interest payments to the nearest whole cent.)

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The overall cost of borrowing debt money to fund a business arrangement is referred to as the cost of finance.The business agreement might be for a project, an asset purchase, or the funds needed to start a company. 

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