Tamora just made the last of her monthly payments on her loan. she had been making these payments for the past nine years. the loan had a principal of $10,675 and an interest rate of 4.75%, compounded monthly. in addition, tamora paid $939.25 in service charges. what was tamora’s total finance charge? round all dollar values to the nearest cent. a. $939.25 b. $11,614.25 c. $3,403.53 d. $2,464.28 please select the best answer from the choices provided a b c d

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Tamora’s total finance charge was $3,403.53 if Tamora paid in addition of $939.25 in service charges option (c) is correct.

What is compound interest?

It is defined as the interest on the principal value or deposit and the interest which is gained on the principal value in the previous year.

We have:

Principal amount(Loan principal) = $10,675

Interest rate  = 4.75 %

Monthly rate = 4.75/12% ⇒0.39583% ⇒ 0.00395

Additional amount she paid in service charge = $939.25

Number of months = 9×12 = 108 months

We can find the total finance charge as follows:

Finance charge = Total amount repaid +service charge - Loan principal

The formula for the monthly payment of the loan is given by:

[tex]\rm Monthly \ payment = \frac{Loan \ principal }{\frac{(1-(1+r)^-^n)}{r} }[/tex]

[tex]\rm Monthly \ payment = \frac{10675}{\frac{(1-(1+0.00395)^-^{108})}{0.00395} }[/tex]    

After calculating, we get:

Monthly payment = $121.66

For 108 months, Tamora paid:

= 121.66×108

= $13,139.23

The finance charge will be:

= $13,139.23+$939.25-$10,675

= $3,403.53

Thus, Tamora’s total finance charge was $3,403.53 if Tamora paid in addition of $939.25 in service charges option (c) is correct.

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