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Louie takes out a three-month loan of $1000. The lender charges him 10 [#permalink] ### Show Tags 15 Nov 2011, 14:28 3 This post was BOOKMARKED 00:00 Difficulty: 95% (hard) Question Stats: 25% (03:16) correct 75% (01:51) wrong based on 41 sessions ### HideShow timer Statistics Louie takes out a three-month loan of$1000. The lender charges him 10% interest per month compounded monthly. The terms of the loan state that Louie must repay the loan in three equal monthly payments. To the nearest dollar, how much does Louie have to pay each month?

A)333
B)383
C)402
D)433
E)483

Again can someone please explain the concept behind solving these problems? Unfortunately, I again don't have an answer for this question.

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Re: Louie takes out a three-month loan of $1000. The lender charges him 10 [#permalink] ### Show Tags 15 Nov 2011, 14:47 (See alternate explanation in the follow up post). Please verify that you typed the answer choices (or the question) correctly. Since there's a 10% interested compound every month (meaning you pay interest on the principal amount plus the interest on interest): After 1st month, amount owed is 1000+10%(1000) = 1100. After 2nd month, 1100+10%(1100) = 1210 After 3rd month, 1210+10%(1210) = 1331 Since total amount owed is$1331 and it must be done in 3 equal payments, each payment comes to $1331/3 =$443.7 (which is none of the options).

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Actually what I wrote above assumes that Louie doesn't start repaying the loan immediately, instead he waits until all the interest has compounded. This is not necessarily correct since usually you start paying off loans as soon as you take them out. This means that you pay off some principle each month and therefore your interest is lower.

Here's the calculation for that case, assume monthly payment is X.

After 1st month: (1000)(1.1)-X = 1100-X
After 2nd month: (1100-X)(1.1)-X = 1210-2.21X
After 3rd month: (1210-2.21X)(1.1)-X = 1331-3.31X

Now, the amount after the last payment in 3rd month must bring the total to 0. Hence:

1331-3.31X = 0
X = 1331/3.31 = 402.11

The answer is C. However, I think this is a poorly worded question and on the real GMAT, they would specify that the payment is to be started immediately after loan inception.
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Hi Kostyan - Ok here is my understanding of your solution. When you say let's monthly payment be x.

So A=P(1+r/100)^n ----------------------------------------------------------------(1)

A= 1000(1+0.1)^1 = 1100.

So Principle for 2nd month will be 1100-x -------------------------------------(Am I right over here?)

Again using the same formula as 1

A = (1100-x) (1+0.1)^1 = 1210-1.1x ---------------> How did you get 1210-2.21x?

So Principle for the 3rd month will be 1210-1.1x-x = 1210-2.1x----------------------(Am I right over here?)

A = (1210-2.1x) (1+0.1)^1 = 1331 - 2.31x

Amount after the last payment should be Zero. Therefore,

1331 - 2.31x = 0 => 2.31x=1331 => x=
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Re: Louie takes out a three-month loan of $1000. The lender charges him 10 [#permalink] ### Show Tags 07 May 2016, 04:20 Expert's post 1 This post was BOOKMARKED enigma123 wrote: Louie takes out a three-month loan of$1000. The lender charges him 10% interest per month compounded monthly. The terms of the loan state that Louie must repay the loan in three equal monthly payments. To the nearest dollar, how much does Louie have to pay each month?

A)333
B)383
C)402
D)433
E)483

Again can someone please explain the concept behind solving these problems? Unfortunately, I again don't have an answer for this question.

Let the monthly payment be $$x$$.

After the 1st month there will be $$1,000*1.1-x$$ dollars left to repay;
After the 2nd month there will be $$(1,000*1.1-x)*1.1-x=1,210-2.1x$$ dollars left to repay;
After the 3rd month there should be 0 dollars left to repay: $$(1,210-2.1x)*1.1-x=0$$ --> $$1331=3.31x$$ --> $$x\approx{402}$$

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