Given:
Loan Amount: $10,000
Loan Terms: 12 months = n
Interest Rate: 4.3% =
Monthly Loan Payment Formula:
Monthly Loan Payment =
Substitute given values into Monthly Payment Formula:
Monthly Loan Payment =
Monthly Loan Payment = $852.87 ( rounded to two decimal places)
Notes:
Total Cost = Monthly Loan Payment * Number of Payments
Total Cost = $852.87 * 12 = $10,234.44
Interest Cost = Total Cost – Loan Amount
Interest Cost = $10,234.44 – $10,000 = $234.44
Loan Amount: $10,000
Loan Terms: 12 months = n
Interest Rate: 4.3% =
4.3/100
= 0.043 = 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 =
10,000 *
0.043
/
12
/
1 – ( 1+ 0.043/12
) -12
Monthly Loan Payment = $852.87 ( rounded to two decimal places)
Notes:
Total Cost = Monthly Loan Payment * Number of Payments
Total Cost = $852.87 * 12 = $10,234.44
Interest Cost = Total Cost – Loan Amount
Interest Cost = $10,234.44 – $10,000 = $234.44