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Merle has an offer from a credit card issuer for a 0% APR for the first 60 days and a 23.19% APR afterwards, compounded daily. What effective interest rate is Merle being offered?

A.26.09%
B.23.19%
C.21.38%
D.25.82%
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User Siledh
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Answer:

21.38%

Explanation:

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User CeejeeB
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Answer: C: 21.38%

Explanation:

Step-by-step explanation: Knowing the apr was 0 for the first 60 days, and 23.19% for the rest of the days, the equation we need to do is:

R = (1 + r/(365) )^(D) - 1

Where R is the apr (in decimal form), we have 0 for the first 60 days, and 0.2319 for the other 305 days.

D is the number of days that is applied, so we have two parts:

R = (( 1 + 0/365)^60 - 1 ) + ((1 + 0.2319/365)^305 - 1) = 0.21375

That can be rounded up to 0.2138.

Now, we multiply this number by 100% and we get 21.38%

so the right answer is C.

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