Billy takes out a $2,400 discounted loan using a simple interest rate of 8% for a period of 18 months. What is the effective interest rate? Give your answer as a percentage to the nearest tenth of a percent. Do not include the percent symbol in your answer.

the final amount you will pay is $68.04.

the tip is determined by the pre-tax amount, so we calculate the tip based on the original bill, not after we've added sales tax.

to find the tip:

we can divide 54.00 by 100 to get 1% of 54. then we multiply that by 18.

54 / 100 = .54

.54 x 18 = 9.72

tip = 9.72$

to find the tax:

we can divide 54.00 by 100 to get 1% of 54. then we can multiply that by 8 to get 8%.

54 / 100 = .54

.54 x 8 = 4.32

tax= 4.32

now we can add the tip and tax to the bill to get our total.

54 + 9.72 + 4.32 = 68.04

total: $68.04

step-by-step explanation:

answer: none of these answers are correct only the second half is

step-by-step explanation:

for certain loans like mortgage loans, lenders scrutinize your debt to income ratio when you are applying for credit because it them evaluate your ability to repay your debts.