Question

An amount of $37,000 is borrowed for 13 years at 6.25% interest, compounded annually. If the loan is paid in full at the end of that period, how much must be paid back

Use the calculator provided and round your answer to the nearest dollar

Answer 1

Answer: 49583.54 dollars

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Work Shown:

P = 37000 is the principal (aka amount loaned out)

r = 0.05 is the interest rate in decimal form

t = 6 is the number of years

n = 1 tells us we are compounding 1 time per year (aka annual compounding)

Those four values are plugged into the formula below and you use a calculator to simplify

A = P*(1+r/n)^(n*t)

A = 37000*(1+0.05/1)^(1*6)

A = 49583.538703125

A = 49583.54 is the full amount to pay back

Side note:

The amount of interest paid is A - P = 49583.54 - 37000 = 12583.54