Do not round intermediate calculations. Final dollar answers should be rounded to two decimal places. Final interest rate answers should be rounded to 4 decimal places if stated as a percentage, and 6 decimal places otherwise. Final answers indicating periods should be rounded up to whole periods.

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You will be paying off a mortgage of $250,000 over the next 25 years. You have signed a loan agreement with Me-Bank to secure a fixed rate of 5.00%. The mortgage loan is compounded semi-annually.

complete a) to e) if the mortgage loan is compounded annually.

a) What are the monthly payments? [4 points]

b) How much will your payments be over the first five years? [2 points]

c) What is the amount of principal that you pay off with the first payment? [2 points]

d) How much principal remains to be paid after the first five years? [2 points]

e) How much will remain to be paid off after you have made your payment at the end of the 15^th year? [2 points]