You are looking at a one-year loan of $15,000. The interest rate is quoted as 10 percent plus 3 points. A point on a loan is simply 1 percent (one percentage point) of the loan amount. Quotes similar to this one are common with home mortgages. The interest rate quotation in this example requires the borrower to pay 3 points to the lender up front and repay the loan later with 10 percent interest.

What rate would you actually be paying here?

Multiple Choice

6.70%

10.00%

13.40%

12.06%

14.74%