Questions from Business Mathematics


Q: You can purchase a residential building lot for $60,000

You can purchase a residential building lot for $60,000 cash, or for $10,000 down and month-end payments of $1000 for five years. If money is worth 7.5% compounded monthly, which option should you cho...

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Q: A victim of a car accident won a judgment for wages lost

A victim of a car accident won a judgment for wages lost over a two-year period that ended nine months before the date of the judgment. In addition, the court awarded interest at 3% compounded monthly...

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Q: Use NI = (CM)X – FC, to obtain

Use NI = (CM)X – FC, to obtain X if NI = –$542.50, CM = $13.50, and FC = $18,970.

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Q: Dr. Wilson is buying a 50% ownership in a veterinary

Dr. Wilson is buying a 50% ownership in a veterinary practice by end-of-month payments of $714.60, including interest at 7% compounded semiannually for 15 years. Rounded to the nearest dollar, 1. What...

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Q: What minimum amount of money earning 2.5% compounded semiannually

What minimum amount of money earning 2.5% compounded semiannually will sustain withdrawals of $1000 at the end of every month for 12 years?

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Q: A 15-year loan requires month-end payments of $

A 15-year loan requires month-end payments of $587.33 including interest at 8.4% compounded monthly. 1. What was the original amount of the loan? 2. What is the balance on the loan after half of the p...

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Q: Calculate the future value of an ordinary annuity consisting of monthly payments

Calculate the future value of an ordinary annuity consisting of monthly payments of $300 for five years. The rate of return was 9% compounded monthly for the first two years, and will be 7.5% compound...

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Q: Brunswick Trucking has signed a five-year lease with Ford Credit

Brunswick Trucking has signed a five-year lease with Ford Credit Canada Ltd. on a new truck. Lease payments of $1900 are made at the beginning of each month. To purchase the truck, Brunswick Trucking...

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Q: The membership dues at Shoreline Golf and Country Club are $2820

The membership dues at Shoreline Golf and Country Club are $2820 payable at the beginning of the year, or four payments of $736.56 payable at the beginning of each quarter. What effective rate of inte...

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Q: Excel Leasing calculates the payments on long-term equipment leases so

Excel Leasing calculates the payments on long-term equipment leases so that it earns a rate of return of 15% compounded quarterly on its investment in the equipment. What beginning-of-month payments w...

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