document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1122068>Question 1122068</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If you buy a computer directly from the manufacturer for $3098 and agree to repay it in 48 equal installments at 1.79% interest per month on the unpaid balance, how much are your monthly payments? How much total interest will be paid? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ PMT =\ \frac{r(PV)}{1\,-\,(1\,+\,r)^{-n}}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Your PV is 3098, your r is 0.0179, and your n is 48.  Just do the arithmetic.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The amount of interest is the total of all the payments, that is PMT times 48, minus the Present Value (PV).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You can do your own arithmetic<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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