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A sailboat costs $18,865. You pay 25% down and amortize the rest with equal monthly payments...

A sailboat costs $18,865. You pay 25% down and amortize the rest with equal monthly payments over a 13-year period. If you must pay 8.1% compounded monthly, what is your monthly payment? How much interest will you pay?

Monthly payments: $____

Interest: $____

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Answer #1

Loan amount = $18865 x 75% = $14148.75

Interest per period = 8.1%/12 = 0.675%
Number of payments = 13 x 12 = 156

Monthly payment = PMT(0.675%,156,14148.75,0,0)
= $146.96

Interest to be paid = $146.96 x 156 - $14148.75 = $8777.01

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