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Explain why making the minimum payment leads to paying the most interest (APEX 5.3.1)

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A lower credit score can make it harder to qualify for credit cards and loans. Minimum payments only lower your balance a small amount at a time because a large amount of your payment is applied to monthly interest instead of your credit card balance.

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Because the time span that you are paying off increases. As does the interest.
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