Peg Gasperoni bought a $50,000 life insurance policy for $300 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 $75. The finance charge will be added to the unpaid balance. The finance charge is based on an annual percentage rate of 15%." If the total policy premium is: And you put down: The balance subject to finance charge will be: The total number of monthly installments ($30 minimum) will be: The monthly installment before adding the finance charge will be: The total finance charge for all installments will be: And the total deferred payment price will be: $300 $75.00 $225.00 3 $75.00 $5.94 $305.94 400 95.00 305.00 5 75.00 9.91 409.91 500 120.00 380.00 6 75.00 15.21 515.21 Peg feels that the finance charge of $5.94 is in error. a. What is the actual finance charge for the first three months? (Round your answer to the nearest cent.) b. Is she correct? multiple choice Yes No
Peg Gasperoni bought a $50,000 life insurance policy for $300 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 $75. The finance charge will be added to the unpaid balance. The finance charge is based on an annual percentage rate of 15%."
If the total policy premium is: |
And you put down: | The balance subject to finance charge will be: | The total number of monthly installments ($30 minimum) will be: |
The monthly installment before adding the finance charge will be: | The total finance charge for all installments will be: |
And the total deferred payment price will be: |
$300 | $75.00 | $225.00 | 3 | $75.00 | $5.94 | $305.94 |
400 | 95.00 | 305.00 | 5 | 75.00 | 9.91 | 409.91 |
500 | 120.00 | 380.00 | 6 | 75.00 | 15.21 | 515.21 |
Peg feels that the finance charge of $5.94 is in error.
a. What is the actual finance charge for the first three months? (Round your answer to the nearest cent.)
b. Is she correct?
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Yes
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