Student Loan:
- borrowed money that needs to be repaid
- part of credit history
Grant or Scholarship
- given on the basis of financial need
- Given based on academic achievement and financial need
The major difference between loans and scholarships is that loans will have to be repaid and scholarships do not.
Answer:
The alternative that should be chosen assuming identical replacement is:
Alternative B.
Explanation:
a) Data and Calculations:
Alternatives:
A B
First Cost $5,000 $9,200
Uniform Annual Benefit $1,750 $1,850
Useful life, in years 4 8
Rate of return 7% 7%
Annuity factor 3.387 5.971
Present value of annuity $5,927.25 $11,046.35
Net cash flow $927.25 $1,846.35
b) Alternative B yields a higher return than Alternative A. Since the two alternatives are based on the same rate of return, Alternative B will bring in a higher annual benefit, even when discounted to the present value.
Answer: $1942.89
Explanation:
Since the car will cost $120,000 and it will be financed with a 84 month contract having a nominal rate of 9.20%, then the monthly payment will be:
= PMT(9.2%/12, 84, -120000)
This will be slotted into the Excel calculator and the answer gotten will be $1942.89
Therefore, the monthly payment will be $1942.89.
