John and Chelsea decide they would like to buy furniture. They choose items that amount to $5600.00. The store has 2 fixed installment simple interest loan options for purchasing: Option 1: 20% down payment and financing at 5% simple interest per year for 3 years. Option 2: no down payment and financing at 5.25% simple interest for 4 years. Which option will result in smaller finance charge (interest)? What will that finance charge/interest be? Which option will result in the smaller monthly payment on this fixed installment loan? What will that monthly payment be? They decide to defer any purchases and invest a $5600 bonus that Chelsea will be getting from work in a savings account. The interest rate is 1.8% compounded every month. How much interest will they earn in 4 years?
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John and Chelsea decide they would like to buy furniture.
- They choose items that amount to $5600.00. The store has 2 fixed installment simple interest loan options for purchasing:
Option 1: 20% down payment and financing at 5% simple interest per year for 3 years.
Option 2: no down payment and financing at 5.25% simple interest for 4 years.
- Which option will result in smaller finance charge (interest)? What will that finance charge/interest be?
- Which option will result in the smaller monthly payment on this fixed installment loan? What will that monthly payment be?
- They decide to defer any purchases and invest a $5600 bonus that Chelsea will be getting from work in a savings account. The interest rate is 1.8% compounded every month. How much interest will they earn in 4 years?
- They decide to defer any purchases and loan the $5600 bonus to a needy relative at 5% simple interest per year. How long will the term of the loan need to be if they want to earn $500 in interest (assuming the loan is not paid off early).
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