Question

You have a credit card balance of $53.00 from the previous month. You have $172.45 in new purchases and you made a payment of $50.00. Your APR is 8.75%. According to the Previous Balance method, what amount would you use to calculate the interest for this month?

Answer 1

The answer is $50.

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

$50

Step-by-step explanation:

As per previous balance method the Interest is charged based on the opening balance of the Credit Card.

As $50 was the balance from previous month and opening balance for this month, Hence $50 would be the amount we would use to calculate the interest for this month.