Loan amortization schedulePersonal Finance ProblemJoan Messineo borrowed

$13 comma 00013,000

at a

1717%

annual rate of interest to be repaid over 3 years. The loan is amortized into three equal, annual, end-of-year payments.

a.Calculate the annual, end-of-year loan payment.

b.Prepare a loan amortization schedule showing the interest and principal breadown of each of the three loan payments.

c. Explain why the interest portion of each payment declines with the passage of time.

a.The amount of the equal, annual, end-of-year loan payment is

$nothing.

(Round to the nearest cent.)