How large must the lump sum amount be

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(a) Your sister has a $5,000 debt balance on her credit card that charges 18.5% interest compounded semi-annually. The monthly payment is 3% of the starting debt balance.

Required: If your sister stops using the credit card for purchases, how many months (round up) will it take her to pay off the credit card balance? (Timeline not required.)

(b) Your high school guidance counsellor encouraged you to follow your dream and learn a trade following high school. You became a licensed mechanic, opened your own shop which later franchised and you became independently wealthy. You decided to createc a bursary at the high school to be given to a student planning to pursue a trade following high school. You want to give a lump sum amount that would generate a $3,000 bursary per year into perpetuity.

Required: Assuming an investment rate of 5%, how large must the lump sum amount be?

(c) Your Aunt asks for your help in deciding on a Bank Loan.

Bank Loan # 1 charges 4.95% compounded continuously.

Bank Loan # 2 charges 5.0% compounded monthly.

Required: Which Bank Loan would you recommend to your Aunt, and why?

 

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