1. Joan Messineo borrowed $15,000 at a 14% annual rate of interest to be repaid over 3 years. The loan is amortized into three equal, annual, end-of-year payments (each payment includes the annual interest + the annual repayment of part of the principal). a) Calculate the annual, end-of-year loan payment. b) Prepare a loan amortization schedule showing the interest and principal break down of each of the three loan payments. c) Explain why the interest portion of each payment declines with the passage of time. d) Calculate the Net Present Value (NPV) of this bank investment. If the NPV=0 would you advise the bank to conclude this deal. If the answer is yes or no calculate the Internal Rate of Return of the bank. Justify your answer? e) If the WACC of the bank's funds is 14% and based on the IRR you calculated in d, would you advise the bank to grant this loan to this client. Justify your