Carmens Beauty Salon has estimated monthly financing requirements for the next six months as follows:

January	$	10,400	April	$	10,400
February		4,400	May		11,400
March		5,400	June		6,400

Short-term financing will be utilized for the next six months. Projected annual interest rates are:

January	8.0	%	April	15.0	%
February	9.0	%	May	12.0	%
March	12.0	%	June	12.0	%

a. Compute total dollar interest payments for the six months. (Round your monthly interest rate to 2 decimal places when expressed as a percent. Round your interest payments to the nearest whole cent.)

b-1. Compute the total dollar interest payments if long-term financing at 12 percent had been utilized throughout the six months? (Round your monthly interest rate to 2 decimal places when expressed as a percent. Round your interest payments to the nearest whole cent.)

b-2. If long-term financing at 12 percent had been utilized throughout the six months, would the total-dollar interest payments be larger or smaller than with the short-term financing plan?