Given:
Loan Amount: $24,000
Loan Terms: 60 months = n
Interest Rate: 4.71% =
Monthly Loan Payment Formula:
Monthly Loan Payment =
Substitute given values into Monthly Payment Formula:
Monthly Loan Payment =
Monthly Loan Payment = $449.73 ( rounded to two decimal places)
Notes:
Total Cost = Monthly Loan Payment * Number of Payments
Total Cost = $449.73 * 60 = $26,983.80
Interest Cost = Total Cost – Loan Amount
Interest Cost = $26,983.80 – $24,000 = $2,983.80
Loan Amount: $24,000
Loan Terms: 60 months = n
Interest Rate: 4.71% =
4.71/100
= 0.0471 = 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 =
24,000 *
0.0471
/
12
/
1 – ( 1+ 0.0471/12
) -60
Monthly Loan Payment = $449.73 ( rounded to two decimal places)
Notes:
Total Cost = Monthly Loan Payment * Number of Payments
Total Cost = $449.73 * 60 = $26,983.80
Interest Cost = Total Cost – Loan Amount
Interest Cost = $26,983.80 – $24,000 = $2,983.80