1.Brooke’s credit card has an annual interest rate of 21% on her unpaid balance, which averages $900.   (a) Find the monthly interest payment in dollars. Assume that monthly interest rates are 1/12 of the annual interest rates.   (b) Brooke wants to pay off her credit card debt with payments of $100 per month until it is paidoff. Complete the shaded entries in the chart below. (When her balance is below $100, her final payment will be the balance due.) Month Intrest Payment Balance 0     $900.00 1 900 x 0.21/12=$15.75 $100.00 900+15.75-100=$815.75 2 815.75 x 0.21/12=$14.28 $100.00 815.75+14.28-100=$730.03 3   $100.00   4   $100.00   5   $100.00   6   $100.00   7   $100.00   8   $100.00   9   $100.00   10       Totals

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1.Brooke’s credit card has an annual interest rate of 21% on her unpaid balance, which averages $900.

 

(a) Find the monthly interest payment in dollars. Assume that monthly interest rates are 1/12 of the annual interest rates.

 

(b) Brooke wants to pay off her credit card debt with payments of $100 per month until it is paidoff. Complete the shaded entries in the chart below. (When her balance is below $100, her final payment will be the balance due.)

Month Intrest Payment Balance
0     $900.00
1 900 x 0.21/12=$15.75 $100.00 900+15.75-100=$815.75
2 815.75 x 0.21/12=$14.28 $100.00 815.75+14.28-100=$730.03
3   $100.00  
4   $100.00  
5   $100.00  
6   $100.00  
7   $100.00  
8   $100.00  
9   $100.00  
10      
Totals      

 

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