You have really gone above and beyond in spending on your fraternity initiation party and ran up $1,500 on your parent’s credit card.  You apologize to them and promise to pay $30 per month towards paying off the balance fully.  You know that the credit card interest rate is 20%.  How long will it take you to fully pay off your good times? About 2 years About 5 and a half years About 9 years It depends

Essentials Of Investments
11th Edition
ISBN:9781260013924
Author:Bodie, Zvi, Kane, Alex, MARCUS, Alan J.
Publisher:Bodie, Zvi, Kane, Alex, MARCUS, Alan J.
Chapter1: Investments: Background And Issues
Section: Chapter Questions
Problem 1PS
icon
Related questions
Question

You have really gone above and beyond in spending on your fraternity initiation party and ran up $1,500 on your parent’s credit card.  You apologize to them and promise to pay $30 per month towards paying off the balance fully.  You know that the credit card interest rate is 20%.  How long will it take you to fully pay off your good times?

  1. About 2 years
  2. About 5 and a half years
  3. About 9 years
  4. It depends
Expert Solution
Step 1

Given information:

Payment amount is $30 per month

Annual interest rate is 20%

Amount spent for party $1,500

 

steps

Step by step

Solved in 3 steps with 2 images

Blurred answer
Knowledge Booster
Annuity
Learn more about
Need a deep-dive on the concept behind this application? Look no further. Learn more about this topic, finance and related others by exploring similar questions and additional content below.
Similar questions
  • SEE MORE QUESTIONS
Recommended textbooks for you
Essentials Of Investments
Essentials Of Investments
Finance
ISBN:
9781260013924
Author:
Bodie, Zvi, Kane, Alex, MARCUS, Alan J.
Publisher:
Mcgraw-hill Education,
FUNDAMENTALS OF CORPORATE FINANCE
FUNDAMENTALS OF CORPORATE FINANCE
Finance
ISBN:
9781260013962
Author:
BREALEY
Publisher:
RENT MCG
Financial Management: Theory & Practice
Financial Management: Theory & Practice
Finance
ISBN:
9781337909730
Author:
Brigham
Publisher:
Cengage
Foundations Of Finance
Foundations Of Finance
Finance
ISBN:
9780134897264
Author:
KEOWN, Arthur J., Martin, John D., PETTY, J. William
Publisher:
Pearson,
Fundamentals of Financial Management (MindTap Cou…
Fundamentals of Financial Management (MindTap Cou…
Finance
ISBN:
9781337395250
Author:
Eugene F. Brigham, Joel F. Houston
Publisher:
Cengage Learning
Corporate Finance (The Mcgraw-hill/Irwin Series i…
Corporate Finance (The Mcgraw-hill/Irwin Series i…
Finance
ISBN:
9780077861759
Author:
Stephen A. Ross Franco Modigliani Professor of Financial Economics Professor, Randolph W Westerfield Robert R. Dockson Deans Chair in Bus. Admin., Jeffrey Jaffe, Bradford D Jordan Professor
Publisher:
McGraw-Hill Education