Given:
Loan Amount: $5,000
Loan Terms: 4 months = n
Interest Rate: 6.99% =
Monthly Loan Payment Formula:
Monthly Loan Payment =
Substitute given values into Monthly Payment Formula:
Monthly Loan Payment =
Monthly Loan Payment = $1,268.26 ( rounded to two decimal places)
Notes:
Total Cost = Monthly Loan Payment * Number of Payments
Total Cost = $1,268.26 * 4 = $5,073.04
Interest Cost = Total Cost – Loan Amount
Interest Cost = $5,073.04 – $5,000 = $73.04
Loan Amount: $5,000
Loan Terms: 4 months = n
Interest Rate: 6.99% =
6.99/100
= 0.0699 = 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 =
5,000 *
0.0699
/
12
/
1 – ( 1+ 0.0699/12
) -4
Monthly Loan Payment = $1,268.26 ( rounded to two decimal places)
Notes:
Total Cost = Monthly Loan Payment * Number of Payments
Total Cost = $1,268.26 * 4 = $5,073.04
Interest Cost = Total Cost – Loan Amount
Interest Cost = $5,073.04 – $5,000 = $73.04