A new engineering graduate who started a consult­ing business borrowed money for 1 year to furnish the office. The amount of the loan was $45,800, and it had an interest rate of 10% per year. However, be­cause the new graduate had not built up a credit his­tory, the bank made him buy loan-default insurance that costs $900. In addition, the bank charged a loan set-up fee of 1% of the loan principal. What was the effective interest rate the engineer paid for the loan?

What will be an ideal response?


Interest on loan = 45,800(0.10) = $4,580
Default insurance = $900
Set-up fee = 45,800(0.01) = 458
Total amount paid = 4,580 + 900 + 458 = $5938
Effective interest rate = (5,938/45,800)*100 = 12.97%

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