Yeah, mostly is has to be negative, but in some cases a is greater than 1 than we do some other operations.
In this case we have an ARM fixed for 6 years and adjust after the initial first 6 years every 2 years after. The basic idea behind a ARM is that the interest changes periodically, but since our ARM is fixed for 6 years, our going to calculate the monthly payment during the initial period using the formula:

where

is the monthly payment

is the amount

is the interest rate in decimal form

is the number years
First we need to convert our interest rate of 4% to decimal form by dividing it by 100%:

We also know from our question that

and

, so lets replace those values into our formula to find the monthly payment:


We can conclude that the monthly payment during the initial period is $1071.58<span />
Answer: x=4
Step-by-step explanation: Add 3 to both sides, Divide both sides by 22