Question

You just borrowed money for four years to buy a car. The payments are $218 a month and the APR is 7 percent. How is the EAR computed?

Answer 1

EAR= 0.072 = 7.2%

Step-by-step explanation:

Giving the following information:

Nominal interest rate= 7%

Number of periods= 12 months

To calculate the Effective Annual Rate (EAR), we need to use the following formula:

EAR= (1 + nominal rate/number of periods)^number of periods

EAR= [(1 + 0.07/12)^12] - 1

EAR= 0.072 = 7.2%