Ms. Cressida bought a car for $48,000 exactly three years ago. After making an up-front equity payment of $5,000, she borrowed the rest of the car value from her bank in the form of a five-year loan. She negotiated a loan rate of 2.5% APR with semi-annual compounding. She makes loan payments of an equal dollar amount every two weeks (i.e., biweekly), and her first loan payment was due two weeks after she signed the loan contract. (10 marks total)

1. What is the effective annual rate on Cressidas loan? (1 mark)
2. What is the effective biweekly interest rate on Cressidas loan? (1 mark)
3. What is Cressidas biweekly loan payment? (2 marks)
4. What is Cressidas current loan balance? (2 marks)
5. What is the total amount of interest that Cressida would have paid to the bank after five years of loan payments? (2 marks)
6. Show the amortization schedule (table) for the first five payments and the last five payments in the amortization table provided below. Round your answers in the table to two decimal places. (2 marks)

Payment #	Beginning balance	Biweekly payment	Interest payment	Principal repayment	Ending balance
1
2
3
4
5
126
127
128
129
130