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You have received your monthly credit card statement and must now deal with the financial realities of last month's
birthday celebration. While your milestone in years was deserving of a celebration, dealing with the 52000 in redit card
charges will require some planning.

Your credit card statement lists the APR (Annual Percentage Rate) for your balance to be 14.5%. This is the yearly
interest rate the credit card company uses in calculating interest due on your balance. The credit card company
compounds interest monthly. Your monthly interest rate on credit card charges will be:

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The minimum payment required by your credit card company is S25/month. Assuming that you do not make any new
charges to your account, answer the following questions to help you determine the best plan for paying off this credit
card debt.

1. To begin with, let's check out the plan of only paying the minimum amount due each month. To get a feel for how
this will affect the balance, finish filling in the following table using the minimum monthly payment of S2s.

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From looking at the new balances over the first year, how many years do you think it will take to pay off the 52000?
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with minimum monthly payments of $25. Round the number of months to two decimal places. (Attach all work for this
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How long is this in years, rounded to the nearest tenth of a year?

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