Partners Bank offers to lend you $50, 000 at a nominal rate of 5.0%, simple interest, with interest paid quarterly.An offer to lend you the $50, 000 also comes from Community Bank, but it will charge 6.0%, simple interest, with interest paid at the end of the year.What's the difference in the effective annual rates charged by the two banks?

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Students must understand that "simple interest with interest paid quarterly" means that the bank gets the interest at the end of each quarter, hence it can invest it, presumably at the same nominal rate.This results in the same effective rate as if it were stated as "6%, quarterly compounding."
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Partners Bank Offers to Lend You $50, 000 at a Nominal