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tmisterr
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February 21, 2010, 01:23:04 pm »
A person wants to borro $100000 to buy a house. He intends to pay back a fixed sum of $C at the end of each year so that after 25 years he has completely paid off the debt. Assuming a steady interest rate of 4% per year expalin why:
100000=C(1/1.04+1/1.04
2
+1/1.04
3
+......1+1.04
25
Calculate the value of C
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100000=C(1/1.04+1/1.042+1/1.043+......1+1.04^25)
100000=C(a(1-r^n)/1-r))
100000=C(1(1-1/1.04^25)(1-1/1.04)=C*16.62
C=1662000
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February 22, 2010, 02:30:20 pm »
can you start from th beginning, the first part, findng C is not the problem, proving the formular is
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Ok. I will do it when Iget home
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100000=C(1/1.04+1/1.042+1/1.043+......1+1.0425
multiply both sides by 1/1.04
100000/1.04=C(1/1.042+1/1.043+......1+1.0425+1/1.04^26)
subtract the two sequences
100000-100000/1.04=C(1/1.04-1/1.04^26)
C=(100000-100000/1.04)/(1/1.04-1/1.04^26)
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