- You want to buy a new sports coupe for $78,500, and the finance office at the dealership has quoted you a loan with an APR of 4.9 percent for 60 months to buy the car. What will your monthly payments be? What is the effective annual rate on this loan? - One of your customers is delinquent on his accounts payable balance. Youve mutually agreed to a repayment schedule of $400 per month. You will charge 1.4 percent per month interest on the overdue balance. If the current balance is $17,320, how long will it take for the account to be paid off? - You are to make monthly deposits of $500 into a retirement account that earns an APR of 9.5 percent compounded monthly. If your first deposit will be made one month from now, how large will your retirement account be in 35 years? - Beginning three months from now, you want to be able to withdraw $2,500 each quarter from your bank account to cover college expenses over the next 4 years. If the account pays 0.50 percent interest per quarter, how much do you need to have in your bank account today to meet your expense needs over the next 4 years? - Youve just joined the investment banking firm of Dewey, Cheatum, and Howe. Theyve offered you two different salary arrangements. You can have $6,100 per month for the next two years, or you can have $5,100 per month for the next two years, along with a $25,000 signing bonus today. If the interest rate is 7 percent compounded monthly, which do you prefer?