Part 2. What interest rate would reduce the monthly payment by $10?

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Displays the leftmost hart of the TVM equation.

Selects I; prompts for P.

Rounds the payment to two decimal places.

Calculates new payment.

Stores –176,89 in P; prompts for N.

Retains 36 in N; prompts for F.

Retains 0 in F; prompts for B.

Retains 5750 in B; calculates monthly interest rate.

Calculates annual interest rate.

Part 3. Using the calculated interest rate (6.75%), assume that you sell the car after 2 years. What balance will you still owe? In other words, what is the future balance in 2 years?

Note that the interest rate, I, from part 2 is not zero, so you won't get a # & error when you calculate the new I.

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Selects F; prompts for P.

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