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A credit card had an Apr of 12.87% all of last year and compounded interest daily. What was the credit card's effective interest rate last year?

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Answer:

13.73%

Step-by-step explanation:

Effective annual rate = (1 + APR / m ) ^m - 1

M = number of compounding = 365


(1 + (0.1287)/(365) )^(365) - 1


(1.000353)^(365) - 1 = 0.1373 = 13.73%

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