cheesecake
New member
- Joined
- Feb 28, 2021
- Messages
- 9
12 A company offers a $1000 cash loan to anyone earning a monthly salary of at least $2000. To secure the loan, the borrower signs a contract with a promise to repay the $1000 plus a fixed fee before 3 months have elapsed. Failure to do this gives the company a legal right to take $1540 from the borrower’s next salary before returning any amount that has been repaid. From past experience, the company predicts that 70% of borrowers succeed in repaying the loan plus the fixed fee before 3 months have elapsed.
a Calculate the fixed fee that ensures the company an expected 40% profit from each $1000 loan.
b Assuming that the company charges the fee found in part a, how would it be possible, without changing the loan conditions, for the company’s expected profit from each $1000 loan to be greater than 40%?
a Calculate the fixed fee that ensures the company an expected 40% profit from each $1000 loan.
b Assuming that the company charges the fee found in part a, how would it be possible, without changing the loan conditions, for the company’s expected profit from each $1000 loan to be greater than 40%?