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M10-20 (Supplement 10D) Using an Online Calculator to Produce and Interpret an A

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Question

M10-20 (Supplement 10D) Using an Online Calculator to Produce and Interpret an Amortization Schedule [LO 10-S4] Access an online loan calculator with annual payments, such as the one at mycalculators.com, to produce an amortization schedule for Welton Corp.'s installment note that has original principal of $52,000, interest of 9% compounded annually, and a term of 3 years. (a) What is the annual payment? (b) Of this amount, how much represents interest in year 1? (c) How much principal is included in the year 1 payment? (d) How much interest is included in the year 2 payment? (Round your answers to the nearest whole dollar amount.) (a) Annual payment (b) Interest year 1 (c) Principal year1 (d) Interest year 2 (e) Over time, has the interest become a smaller or larger component of the annual payment? Smaller Larger

Explanation / Answer

Part-1

(Refer workings)

Part – (e)

Workings

Total Loan Amount

                  52,000

Interest rate

9% per annum

Cumulative discount rate for 3 years

                    2.531

Loan Repayment installment

                  20,543

Working for calculation of cumulative discount rate

Year

Discounting factor

1

0.9174

2

0.8417

3

0.7722

2.5313

Loan repayment schedule

Year

principal out standing at the beginning of the year

installment

interest

principal repayment

balance out standing

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4) (2-3)

(5) (1-4)

1

52000

20545

4680

15,865

36,135

2

36135

20545

3252

17,293

18,842

3

18842

20545

1704

0

0

Total Loan Amount

                  52,000

Interest rate

9% per annum

Cumulative discount rate for 3 years

                    2.531

Loan Repayment installment

                  20,543