Questions: To help purchase her new car, Amy is taking out a 26,000 amortized loan for 6 years at 5.2% annual interest. Her monthly payment for this loan is 421.14. Fill in all the blanks in the amortization schedule for the loan. Assume that each month is 1/12 of a year. Round your answers to the nearest cent.
Payment number Interest payment Principal payment New loan balance
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1 112.67 308.47 25,691.53
2 25,381.72
Transcript text: To help purchase her new car, Amy is taking out a $\$ 26,000$ amortized loan for 6 years at $5.2 \%$ annual interest. Her monthly payment for this loan is $\$ 421.14$. Fill in all the blanks in the amortization schedule for the loan. Assume that each month is $\frac{1}{12}$ of a year. Round your answers to the nearest cent.
\begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|}
\hline \begin{tabular}{c}
Payment \\
number
\end{tabular} & \begin{tabular}{c}
Interest \\
payment
\end{tabular} & \begin{tabular}{c}
Principal \\
payment
\end{tabular} & \begin{tabular}{c}
New loan \\
balance
\end{tabular} \\
\hline 1 & $\$ 112.67$ & $\$ 308.47$ & $\$ 25,691.53$ \\
\hline 2 & $\$ \square$ & $\$ \square$ & $\$ 25,381.72$ \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
Solution
Solution Steps
Step 1: Calculate Monthly Interest Rate
The monthly interest rate is calculated by dividing the annual interest rate by 12.
$$ r_{monthly} = \frac{r}{12} = \frac{0.052}{12} = 0.00433 $$
Step 2: Calculate Interest Payment for Payment Number 2
The interest payment is the remaining loan balance at the beginning of the month times the monthly interest rate.
$$ Interest_{payment} = Remaining\_Loan\_Balance \times r_{monthly} = 25691.530 \times 0.00433 = 111.33 $$
Step 3: Calculate Principal Payment for Payment Number 2
The principal payment is the total monthly payment minus the interest payment.
$$ Principal_{payment} = M - Interest_{payment} = 421.14 - 111.33 = 309.81 $$
Step 4: Update Loan Balance for Payment Number 2
The new loan balance is the remaining loan balance minus the principal payment.
$$ New\_Loan\_Balance = Remaining\_Loan\_Balance - Principal_{payment} = 25691.530 - 309.81 = 25381.72 $$
Final Answer:
For payment number 2, the interest payment is $111.33, the principal payment is $309.81, and the new loan balance is $25381.72.