The interest rate on a one-year loan is quoted as 14 percent plus two points (see the previous problem). What is the EAR? Is your answer affected by the loan amount?

Data from problem 62

You are looking at a one-year loan of $10,000. The interest rate is quoted as 12 percent plus three points. A point on a loan is simply 1 percent (one percentage point) of the loan amount. Quotes similar to this one are very common with home mortgages. The interest rate quotation in this example requires the borrower to pay three points to the lender up front and repay the loan later with 12 percent interest. What rate would you actually be paying here?