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| Question 982896:  Please solve as I am not having any luck with this problem.  Find the payment necessary to amortize the loan.  $2,300; 10% compounded quarterly, 8 quarterly payments.  Thank you very much.
 Found 2 solutions by  jim_thompson5910, solver91311:
 Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)
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You can put this solution on YOUR website! 
 
 ^{nt}}{\left(1\ +\ \frac{r}{n}\right)\ -\ 1}\right\])  
 where
  is the payment per compounding period,  is the present value of the investment (the loan amount),  is the interest rate per annum expressed as a decimal,  is the number of compounding periods per year, and  is the number of years. 
 For your problem:
 
 
 ^{4*2}}{\left(1\ +\ \frac{0.10}{4}\right)\ -\ 1}\right\])  
 You can do your own calculator work, or if you want the easy way out, open up an Excel (or Numbers if you are running a Mac) spreadsheet and enter:
 
 
         =-PMT(0.025,8,2300)
or
         =-PMT(0.025,8,2300,0,1) (if you make the payments at the beginning of the quarter)
 John
 
  My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
 
  
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