what is formula for the below? I know it 94 months, but I can't find the formula


1. You have a credit card balance of $2,500 with an annual interest rate of 18%. If you make only the minimum payment of $50 each month, how many months will it take to pay off the balance, and what will be the total amount paid?

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Building an amortization schedule is going to be much easier to visualize and understand than a formula.

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No, I made an amortization schedule.

Try 360 financial literacy- they have a calculator for everything. This way you can see the impact of paying off extra each month.

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69 months
926 in interest

Source:https://www.vcalc.com/wiki/credit-card-equation
I might of found it

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No you don’t.
You should understand how to solve maths problems.
Learning your formulas helps for your tests but won’t help you in finance unless you understand them because real life problems always have twists

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This is the school's solution.
Solution: To calculate the monthly interest rate, divide the annual interest rate by 12: 18% / 12 = 1.5% or 0.015. Each month, the balance will increase by the monthly interest rate multiplied by the current balance: $2,500 * 0.015 = $37.50. Therefore, the effective payment each month is $50 - $37.50 = $12.50. To find the number of months it will take to pay off the balance, divide the initial balance by the effective payment: $2,500 / $12.50 = 200 months. The tota

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I agree with you! This is not the best example for what they are trying to project in their lesson .

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