Given:
Loan Amount: $16,000
Loan Terms: 60 months = n
Interest Rate: 5% =
Monthly Loan Payment Formula:
Monthly Loan Payment =
Substitute given values into Monthly Payment Formula:
Monthly Loan Payment =
Monthly Loan Payment = $301.94 ( rounded to two decimal places)
Notes:
Total Cost = Monthly Loan Payment * Number of Payments
Total Cost = $301.94 * 60 = $18,116.40
Interest Cost = Total Cost – Loan Amount
Interest Cost = $18,116.40 – $16,000 = $2,116.40
Loan Amount: $16,000
Loan Terms: 60 months = n
Interest Rate: 5% =
5/100
= 0.05 = r (convert percent to a decimal)Monthly Loan Payment Formula:
Monthly Loan Payment =
Loan Amount *
r
/
12
/
1 – ( 1+ r/12
) -n
Substitute given values into Monthly Payment Formula:
Monthly Loan Payment =
16,000 *
0.05
/
12
/
1 – ( 1+ 0.05/12
) -60
Monthly Loan Payment = $301.94 ( rounded to two decimal places)
Notes:
Total Cost = Monthly Loan Payment * Number of Payments
Total Cost = $301.94 * 60 = $18,116.40
Interest Cost = Total Cost – Loan Amount
Interest Cost = $18,116.40 – $16,000 = $2,116.40