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What is the periodic interest rate for an account that is billed monthly with an apr of 18.99%?Round your answer to the nearest hundredth

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Given:

The APR is 18.99%

Find-:

What is the periodic interest rate for an account that is billed monthly?

Explanation-:

The APR is calculated by dividing the APR by the number of periods it is to be converted to.

If, for instance, a monthly periodic rate is needed, divide APR by 12 as there are 12 months in a year.

So, the billed monthly are:


\begin{gathered} =(APR)/(12) \\ \\ =(18.99\%)/(12) \\ \\ =1.5825 \\ \\ \approx1.58\% \end{gathered}

The monthly bill is 1.58%

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