Question

Universal Travel Inc borrowed $500,000 on November 1, 2018 and signed a twelve month note bearing interest at 6% Principal and interest are payable in full at maturity on October 31, 2018. In connection with this note, Universal Travel Inc. should report interest payable at December 31, 2018 in the amount of: A) $5,000 B) $30,000 C) $25,000 D) $8,000

Answer 1

Interest will be $5000

So option (A) will be correct option

Step-by-step explanation:

We have given principal amount P = $500000

Rate of interest = 6 %

Time is November 1 to December 31

So time = 2 months = 0.1666 year

Interest is given by

Interest
`=(principal\ amount* rate* time)/(100)=(500000* 6* 0.1666)/(100)=$5000`

So option (a) will be correct option