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Jakob has a previous balance of $861 on a credit card with a 20.8% APR compounded monthly. If he made a payment of $73 this month, what is the new balance on his credit card?

A. $1040.09

B. $967.09

C. $802.92

D. $788.00
asked Nov 18, 2014 in ALGEBRA 2 by ScreamingAtRainbows Rookie

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The principal is $861 .

Interest rate 20.8% .

Interest is compounded monthly .

Formula for compound interest is image 

P = principal amount (the initial amount you borrow or deposit) = $861

r  = annual rate of interest (as a decimal) = 0.208

t  = number of years the amount is deposited = one month = 1/12

A = amount of money accumulated after n years, including interest.

n  =  number of times the interest is compounded per year = 12 times .

image

He made a payment of $73 this month , so $73 has to subtract from net amount .

Balance amount = 875.924 - 73 = 802.924

So the Balance amount is 802.924 .

Option (c) is correct .

answered Nov 18, 2014 by yamin_math Mentor
Thank you so much for explaining it and not just giving an answer!! It not only helped me with this problem but with the rest of the problems like this. Thanks again!!

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