1. You are thinking of purchasing a house. The house costs $300,000. You have $43,000 in cash that you can use as a down payment on the house, but you need to borrow the rest of the purchase price. The bank is offering a 30-year mortgage that requires annual payments and has an interest rate of 9% per year. What will be your annual payment if you sign this mortgage?
The annual payment is $_
(Round to the nearest doller)
2. What must the rate be less than to be worth it to incur a compensating balance of $1,200 in order to get a 1.5-percent lower interest rate on a 1-year, pure discount loan of $100,000?