Friendly’s Quick Loans, Inc., offers you $5.00 today but you must repay $6.35 wh

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Friendly’s Quick Loans, Inc., offers you $5.00 today but you must repay $6.35 when you get your paycheck in one week (or else).

What is the effective annual return Friendly’s earns on this lending business? (Round your answer as directed, but do not use rounded numbers in intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places (e.g., 32.16).)

If you were brave enough to ask, what APR would Friendly’s say you were paying? (Round answer as directed, but do not use rounded numbers in intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places (e.g., 32.16).)

Friendly’s Quick Loans, Inc., offers you $5.00 today but you must repay $6.35 when you get your paycheck in one week (or else).

Explanation / Answer

Loan $            5.00 Repayment $            6.35 Interest $            1.35 %age of earnings in a week 27.00% Effective Annual Return 1249578 - 5 x (1.27)^52 Annual Percentage return for the year (27 x 52) 1404.00 Effective %age return for the year 249914.67 = (1249578-5)/5 x 100 Answer 1 Effective annual return = 249,914.67% Answer 2 Annual percentage rate = 1404%

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