Problem $7-16$

This extended problem covers many of the features of a mortgage. You purchase a town house for $$300,000.$ Since you are able to make a down payment of $20$ percent $($$$60,000),$ you are able to obtain a $$240,000$ mortgage loan for $20$ years at a $5$ percent annual rate of interest. Use Appendix D to answer the questions. Round your answers to the nearest dollar.

a$.$ What are the annual payments that cover the interest and principal repayment?

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b$.$ How much of the first payment goes to cover the interest?

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c$.$ How much of the loan is paid off during the first year?

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d$.$ What is the interest payment during the second year?

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e$.$ What is the remaining balance after the second year?

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f$.$ Why did the interest payment change during the second year?

The annual

in the amount owed

each subsequent interest payment.