document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1163688>Question 1163688</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Bob requires a loan of $39,000 to buy a sport utility vehicle. His bank offers financing at 8.4% compounded monthly, for a term of 5 years, payable monthly.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What is the total cost of this loan? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large M\"> represent the Monthly Payment for a fully amortized loan for a principal amount of <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large P\"> at <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large r\"> rate of interest per month expressed as a decimal for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large n\"> months.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ M\ =\ P\frac{r\(1\,+\,r)^n}{(1\,+\,r)^n\ -\ 1}\"><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Plug in your numbers and do the arithmetic to get the monthly payment.  The total cost of the loan is the monthly payment times the number of payments.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi}\ +\ 1\ =\ 0\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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