You have $3,500 on a credit card that charges a 15% interest rate. If you want to pay off the credit card in 5 years, how much will you need to pay each month (assuming you don't charge anything new to the card)?

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You have $3,500 on a credit card that charges a 15% interest rate. If you want to pay off the credit card in 5 years, how much will you need to pay each month (assuming you don't charge anything new to the card)?

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Step 1: Analysis and Introduction

Given Information:

Present value in the credit card is $ 3500.

Rate of interest is 15 percent sign.

Number of years is 5 years.

To find:

Monthly Payment.

Formula Used:

Monthly space Payment space equals space fraction numerator P times r over denominator 1 minus open parentheses 1 plus r close parentheses to the power of negative n end exponent end fraction

Here, P is present value.

r is the rate of interest per period.

n is the number of periods.

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