Total Inc. recently purchased a new office building costing $15 million. The firm financed this purchase at 6 percent APR with quarterly compounding. Quarterly payments starting from next quarter will be $400,000. How many years will it take the firm to pay off this debt? (Show Work)
Total Inc. recently purchased a new office building costing $15 million. The firm financed this purchase at 6 percent APR with quarterly compounding. Quarterly payments starting from next quarter will be $400,000. How many years will it take the firm to pay off this debt? (Show Work)
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- Total Inc. recently purchased a new office building costing $15 million. The firm financed
this purchase at 6 percent APR with quarterly compounding. Quarterly payments starting from next quarter will be $400,000. How many years will it take the firm to pay off this debt? (Show Work)
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Information;
Loan amount (P) = $15,000,000
Quarterly payment (C) = $400,000
Quarterly interest rate (r) = 0.015 (i.e. 0.06 / 4)
Quarterly period (n) = ?
First we will calculated Quarterly period then find out the the number of years.
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