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Cal Lury owes $26,000 now. A lender will carry the debt for five more years at 6

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Question

Cal Lury owes $26,000 now. A lender will carry the debt for five more years at 6 percent interest. That is, in this particular case, the amount owed will go up by 6 percent per year for five years. The lender then will require that Cal pay off the loan over the next 13 years at 9 percent interest.

  

What will his annual payment be? Use Appendix A and Appendix D for an approximate answer, but calculate your final answer using the formula and financial calculator methods. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your final answer to 2 decimal places.)

    

What will his annual payment be? Use Appendix A and Appendix D for an approximate answer, but calculate your final answer using the formula and financial calculator methods. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your final answer to 2 decimal places.)

Explanation / Answer

value of debt at end of 5 eyars

= 26000 * (1 + 6%)^5

= 34793.87

let x be the annual payments

=>

x * [1 - (1 + 9%)^-13]/9% = 34793.87

=>

x = 4647.30