Williams Construction Inc. is building a new facility that will cost $45 million. Williams Construction will borrow $42 million from Wells Fargo bank and pay the remainder immediately as a down payment. Williams Construction will pay 8% interest but will make no payment for 4 years, at which time the entire amount will be due. How much will Williams Construction's payment be?

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Janae Koch

18 August, 22:55

Williams Construction Inc. is building a new facility that will cost $45 million. Williams Construction will borrow $42 million from Wells Fargo bank and pay the remainder immediately as a down payment. Williams Construction will pay 8% interest but will make no payment for 4 years, at which time the entire amount will be due. How much will Williams Construction's payment be?

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Williams Construction's payment would be $57.4 million

Explanation:

According to the given data we have the followng:

cost of new facility=$45 million

money borrowed=$42 million

interest rate=8%

Therefore, to calculate the amount of Williams Construction's payment we would have to calculate the following formula:

amount of Williams Construction's payment=P (1+r) ∧n

amount of Williams Construction's payment=$42 million (1+0.08) ∧4

amount of Williams Construction's payment=$57.4 million

Williams Construction's payment would be $57.4 million