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In two to three sentences, describe how making minimum payments on credit card balances increases the total cost.

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If you pay only the minimum payments, overall this equates to making more repayments. By more repayments, I mean that you pay the full amount of repayment installments necessary (e.g. $12 a week for 12 weeks), as opposed to paying less repayments when paying over the minimum amount (e.g. $24 a week for 12 weeks). This high frequency of repayments creates more installments to charge interest on, increasing the total cost. Hope this makes sense!

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