You have an outstanding balance on your credit card of $10,000. You can pay off the balance if you make 36 monthly payments of $350, starting next month. Alternatively, you can take out a bank loan today for $10,000 and pay off the credit card debt. The bank loan is paid with 36 monthly payments, starting next month. The bank loan charges 5% APR, compounded monthly.
Required:
1. If your savings account earns 4% APR compounded monthly, how much do you save in present value terms by using the bank loan to pay off the credit card debt?

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a manufacturer of printed circuit boards uses exponential smoothing with trend to forecast monthly demand of its product. at the end of december, the company wishes to forecast sales for january. the estimate of trend through november has been 200 additional boards sold per month. average sales have been around 1000 units per month. the demand for december was 1100 units. the company uses α = 0.20 and β = 0.10. make a forecast including trend for the month of january.