The balance of a certain loan increases at a rate that is proportional at any time to the balance at that time.The loan balance is $1600 initially, and it is $1920 after one year ( 365 days).What is the balance of the loan after 90 days?Choose 1 answer:(A) $1529.66(B) $1673.57(C) $1678.90
Q. The balance of a certain loan increases at a rate that is proportional at any time to the balance at that time.The loan balance is $1600 initially, and it is $1920 after one year ( 365 days).What is the balance of the loan after 90 days?Choose 1 answer:(A) $1529.66(B) $1673.57(C) $1678.90
Understand problem type: Understand the problem and determine the type of growth. The problem states that the loan balance increases at a rate proportional to the balance at that time. This indicates that the growth is exponential. We are given the initial balance (1600)andthebalanceafteroneyear(1920). We need to find the balance after 90 days.
Calculate growth rate: Calculate the growth rate.To find the growth rate, we can use the formula for exponential growth: A=P⋅ert, where A is the amount after time t, P is the initial amount, r is the rate of growth, and e is the base of the natural logarithm. We can rearrange this formula to solve for r when t is 1 year (365 days).A0A1A2Taking the natural logarithm of both sides, we get:A3A4
Calculate actual rate: Calculate the actual growth rate.Now we will calculate the value of r using the natural logarithm of 1.2.r=ln(1.2)/365r≈0.001833/365r≈0.00502 (rounded to five decimal places)
Calculate balance after 90 days: Calculate the balance after 90 days.Now that we have the growth rate, we can find the balance after 90 days using the same exponential growth formula.A=1600×er×90A=1600×e0.00502×90
Perform calculation: Perform the calculation for the balance after 90 days.A=1600⋅e0.00502⋅90A≈1600⋅e0.4518A≈1600⋅1.571A≈2513.6This answer does not match any of the options provided, which indicates a math error has occurred.