A $10,000 loan is to be amortized over 5 years,with annual end-of-year payments.Given the following facts,which of these statements is correct?
A) The annual payments would be larger if the interest rate were lower.
B) If the loan were amortized over 10 years rather than 5 years,and if the interest rate were the same in either case,the first payment would include more dollars of interest under the 5-year amortization plan.
C) The last payment would have a higher proportion of interest than the first payment.
D) The proportion of interest versus principal repayment would be the same for each of the 5 payments.
E) The proportion of each payment that represents interest as opposed to repayment of principal would be higher if the interest rate were higher.

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The proportion of each payment that represents interest increases with the interest rate because the total amount of interest paid on each payment increases with the interest rate, while the principal repayment portion would adjust accordingly to ensure the loan is amortized over the specified period.

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