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Comparing Loan Choices Phan needs to borrow $5000 to pay for NBA season tickets for her family. She can borrow the amount from a finance company (at 6.5% add-on interest for 3 years) or from the credit union (36 monthly payments of $164.50 each). Use this information for Exercises 27-31.
Suppose the credit union uses the rule of 78 and imposes an early payoff penalty of 1% of the original finance charge per month of early payment. For example, if Phan pays the loan off 9 months early, then the penalty will be 9% of the original finance charge. Find the least value of k that would result in any savings for Phan.
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