Chelsea made monthly payments for four years before her $13,440 loan was paid off. The loan had an interest rate of 5.86%, compounded monthly. Chelsea paid $156.60 in service charges. To the nearest tenth, what percentage of the total cost of the loan did her finance charges comprise? Round all dollar values to the nearest cent.

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Zaniyah Bailey

19 February, 20:08

Chelsea made monthly payments for four years before her $13,440 loan was paid off. The loan had an interest rate of 5.86%, compounded monthly. Chelsea paid $156.60 in service charges. To the nearest tenth, what percentage of the total cost of the loan did her finance charges comprise? Round all dollar values to the nearest cent.

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Jazlyn Anthony · Answer 1

Given:

PV = 13,440

i = 5.86%, compounded monthly

t = 4 years

13,440 (0.0586/12)) / (1 - (1+0.0586/12) ^-48 = 15,109.44

15,109.44 + 156.60 = 15,266.04

15,266.04 - 13,440.00 = 1,826.04

1,826.04/15,266.04 = 11.96 % Percentage total of Finance Charge of the total loa