QUESTION 1

As a jewelry store manager, you want to offer credit, with interest on outstanding balances paid monthly. To carry receivables, you must borrow funds from your bank at a nominal 4%, monthly compounding. To offset your overhead, you want to charge your customers an EAR (or EFF%) that is 4% more than the bank is charging you. What APR rate should you charge your customers? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimal places.

QUESTION 2

Starting next year, you will need $20,000 annually for 4 years to complete your education. (One year from today you will withdraw the first $20,000.) Your uncle deposits an amount today in a bank paying 6% annual interest, which will provide the needed $20,000 payments.

1. How large must the deposit be? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to the nearest cent.

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2. How much will be in the account immediately after you make the first withdrawal? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to the nearest cent.

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QUESTION 3

1. You plan to make five deposits of $1,000 each, one every 6 months, with the first payment being made in 6 months. You will then make no more deposits. If the bank pays 6% nominal interest, compounded semiannually, how much will be in your account after 3 years? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to the nearest cent.

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2. One year from today you must make a payment of $8,000. To prepare for this payment, you plan to make two equal quarterly deposits (at the end of Quarters 1 and 2) in a bank that pays 6% nominal interest compounded quarterly. How large must each of the two payments be? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to the nearest cent.

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