Question

you got a new credit card with an interest rate of 18% compounded monthly and no minimum payment. you go on a shopping spree and purchase $10,000 worth of clothes and shoes. If you wait 6 months to pay the bill, how much more will you owe than if you had paid the bill immediately?

Answer 1

The total amount owed after 6 months will be found using the formula:
FV=P(1+r/100*n)^n
P=principle=$10000
r=rate=18%
n=terms=0.5


FV=10000(1+18/2*100)^0.5
FV=$10,440.30651
Thus the amount owed will be $10440.30651