Borrowing Money Answers

Sam is paying off his eight-year, $15,360 loan in semiannual installments. The loan has an interest rate of 9.58%, compounded semiannually, and a service charge of $1,294.64. Once the loan has been fully paid off, what percentage of the total finance charge will the service charge be? Round all dollar values to the nearest cent.

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Say you take out a loan with a principal of $44,500. The interest rate is 13.11%, compounded monthly. If you make consistent monthly payments and pay off the loan over the course of six and a half years, how much interest will you have paid in total? Round dollar amounts to the nearest cent.

Megan took out a loan of $85,600 at an interest rate of 11.5%, compounded monthly. She paid off the loan in full over the course of exactly twelve years. Assuming that Megan made the same payment every month for twelve years, what was her monthly payment?

Travis took out a six-year loan with a principal of $15,000. He made monthly payments of $225 for the entire period, at which point the loan was paid off. How much did Travis pay in interest?

Dana just finished paying off the $15,400 loan she took out four years ago. The loan had 6.68% interest, compounded monthly. If Dana paid a total of $18,321.60, how much did she pay in service charges?

Sam is paying off his eight-year, $15,360 loan in semiannual installments. The loan has an interest rate of 9.58%, compounded semiannually, and a service charge of $1,294.64. Once the loan has been fully paid off, what percentage of the total finance charge will the service charge be? Round all dollar values to the nearest cent.

Tamora just made the last of her monthly payments on her loan. She had been making these payments for the past nine years. The loan had a principal of $10,675 and an interest rate of 4.75%, compounded monthly. In addition, Tamora paid $939.25 in service charges. What was Tamora’s total finance charge? Round all dollar values to the nearest cent.

Colin took out a loan with a principal of $32,800. After five years, the interest and principal totaled $48,872. If Colin made monthly payments of $816 for five years until the loan was paid off, how much did Colin pay in service charges?

Which of these best fits the definition of interest, as it applies to finance?