Kim is trying to decide whether she can afford a loan she needs in order to go to chiropractic school. Right now Kim is living at home and works in a shoe store, earning a gross income of $1,590 per month. Her employer deducts $214 for taxes from her monthly pay. Kim also pays $130 on several credit card debts each month. The loan she needs for chiropractic school will cost an additional $160 per month. Help Kim make her decision by calculating her debt payments-to-income ratio with and without the college loan. (Remember the 20 percent rule.) (Enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.) Debt Payments-to- Income Ratio Ratio with college loan Ratio without college loan %

Kim is trying to decide whether she can afford a loan she needs in order to go to chiropractic school. Right now Kim is living at home and works in a shoe store, earning a gross income of $1,590 per month. Her employer deducts $214 for taxes from her monthly pay. Kim also pays $130 on several credit card debts each month. The loan she needs for chiropractic school will cost an additional $160 per month. Help Kim make her decision by calculating her debt payments-to-income ratio with and without the college loan. (Remember the 20 percent rule.) (Enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.) Debt Payments-to- Income Ratio Ratio with college loan Ratio without college loan %

Essentials Of Investments

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