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Suzanne is looking at taking out a personal loan. Opportunity Loans is offering her $1600 at 3.45% for 1 year, with interest compounding monthly. General Loans is offering her $1600 at 4.2% for 1 year, with interest compounding quarterly. Assuming she makes no payments until the 1 year is up, how much interest will have accrued on each loan? On which loan will she earn the least amount of interest?

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Step-by-step explanation:

So the general formula for compound interest is [tex]A = P(1+\frac{r}{n})^{nt}[/tex] where r is the interest rate, t is the time in years, and n is the amount of compounds per year. So plugging in the values for both equations you'll get

Opportunity Loans:

 [tex]A = 1600(1+\frac{0.0345}{12})^{(12)(1)}[/tex]

 [tex]A = 1600(1.002875)^{12}[/tex]

 [tex]A \approx 1600(1.035)[/tex]

 [tex]A = \$1,656.08[/tex]

  Now to find the interest accrued on this loan you simply subtract 1600 from the A or final amount

 [tex]Interest=1656.08-1600\\Interest=56.08[/tex]

General Loans:

 [tex]A = 1600(1+\frac{0.042}{4})^{(4)(1)}[/tex]

 [tex]A = 1600(1.0105)^4[/tex]

 [tex]A \approx 1600(1.042)[/tex]

 [tex]A = 1,668.27[/tex]

 To find the interest we do the same thing we did in the previous problem

 [tex]interest = 1668.27-1600\\interest=68.27[/tex]

Opportunity loans has the least amount of interest after a year

 

 

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