SOLUTION: Please help me with this question: Interest on a twelve-month installment loan is to be calculated using the discount nethod. If the purchase to be financed is $1,000 and the disc

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Question 117481: Please help me with this question:
Interest on a twelve-month installment loan is to be calculated using the discount nethod. If the purchase to be financed is $1,000 and the discount rate is 6%, then your monthly payment is what?
Answer by tutor_paul(519) About Me  (Show Source):
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First, calculate the total interest you have to pay:
I=A%2Ai%2AN
where:
I = total amount of interest paid
A = loan amount
i = interest rate per time period
N = number of time periods covered by the loan
So in your case:
I=%281000%29%2A0.06%2A1
I=60
Note that for the "discount method," the amount of money you receive as a borrower already has the interest deducted from it. So you will actually be receiving, called the loan proceeds and represented by 'L' is:
L=1000-60
L=940
So even though you got only $940 from the bank, the payments are based on 'A' which is the loan amount of $1000. Since you are repaying this on a 12 month installment loan, the monthly loan payments are:
Monthly+Payment=1000%2F12
Monthly+Payment=83.33
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