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Exercise
A debt is amortized with 120 level payments at the end of each month based on an annual effective interest rate of 8%. The amount of principal in the sixth payment is 600.
Calculate the amount of principal in the 24th payment.
- 532
- 673
- 700
- 704
- 784
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Nov 19'23
Solution: B
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\begin{aligned} & \frac{i^{(12)}}{12}=1.08^{1 / 12}-1=0.006434 \\ & 600=P(1 / 1.006434)^{120-6+1} \\ & P=1254.47 \\ & P_{24}=1254.47 v^{120-24+1}=673.42\end{aligned}
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