Carmen’s Beauty Salon has estimated monthly financing requirements for the next
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Question
Carmen’s Beauty Salon has estimated monthly financing requirements for the next six months as follows:
January $ 10,000 April $ 10,000
February 4,000 May 11,000
March 5,000 June 6,000
Short-term financing will be utilized for the next six months. Projected annual interest rates are:
January 9.0 % April 16.0 %
February 10.0 % May 12.0 %
March 13.0 % June 12.0 %
a. Compute total dollar interest payments for the six months. (Round your monthly interest rate to 2 decimal places when expressed as a percent. Round your interest payments to the nearest whole cent.)
Total dollar interest payment _______
b-1. Compute the total dollar interest payments if long-term financing at 12 percent had been utilized throughout the six months? (Round your monthly interest rate to 2 decimal places when expressed as a percent. Round your interest payments to the nearest whole cent.)
Total dollar interest payment ________
b-2. If long-term financing at 12 percent had been utilized throughout the six months, would the total-dollar interest payments be larger or smaller than with the short-term financing plan?
Smaller
Larger
Explanation / Answer
Month Amount to be raised Interest Rate Interest January 10000 0.09 =10000*9%*6/12 February 4000 0.1 =4000*10%*5/12 March 5000 0.13 =5000*13%*4/12 April 10000 0.16 =10000*16%*3/12 May 11000 0.12 =11000*12%*2/12 June 6000 0.12 =6000*12%*1/12 a) Total Interest= 1513.33 b)1) If Interest Rate was 12% Total Interest 1580 b)2) Hence the total-dollar interest payments is larger than with the short-term financing plan, by an amount of 66.67.