You estimate that you will have $32,800 in student loans by the time you graduate. The interest rate is 4.5%. If you want to have this debt paid in full within ﬁve years, how much must you pay each
Month?

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Using the loan formula FV = PV * (1 + r/n)^(n*t), where FV is the future value (in this case, $32,800), PV is the present value (0), r is the interest rate (0.045), n is the number of times interest is compounded per year (12), and t is the number of years (5), we can solve for the monthly payment:

32,800 = P * (1 + 0.045/12)^(12*5)
32,800 = P * (1.00375)^60
P = 32,800 / 48.1996
P = 681.91

Therefore, the monthly payment would be $681.91. However, since the answer choices are all slightly different, we need to round to the nearest cent to determine the correct choice.

Rounding $681.91 to the nearest cent gives us $681.90. Dividing this by 1.1186 (the present value of an annuity factor for 60 months at 0.375% per month, which is calculated using a financial calculator) gives us:

$681.90 / 1.1186 = $611.49

Therefore, the best choice is B, with a monthly payment of $611.49.

You Estimate That You Will Have $32,800 in Student Loans