Given:
Loan Amount: $23,000
Loan Terms: 60 months = n
Interest Rate: 5.74% =
Monthly Loan Payment Formula:
Monthly Loan Payment =
Substitute given values into Monthly Payment Formula:
Monthly Loan Payment =
Monthly Loan Payment = $441.88 ( rounded to two decimal places)
Notes:
Total Cost = Monthly Loan Payment * Number of Payments
Total Cost = $441.88 * 60 = $26,512.80
Interest Cost = Total Cost – Loan Amount
Interest Cost = $26,512.80 – $23,000 = $3,512.80
Loan Amount: $23,000
Loan Terms: 60 months = n
Interest Rate: 5.74% =
5.74/100
= 0.0574 = 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 =
23,000 *
0.0574
/
12
/
1 – ( 1+ 0.0574/12
) -60
Monthly Loan Payment = $441.88 ( rounded to two decimal places)
Notes:
Total Cost = Monthly Loan Payment * Number of Payments
Total Cost = $441.88 * 60 = $26,512.80
Interest Cost = Total Cost – Loan Amount
Interest Cost = $26,512.80 – $23,000 = $3,512.80