You are considering buying a new car. The sticker price is $15,000 and you have $2,000 to put toward a down payment. If you can negotiate a nominal annual interest rate of 10% and you wish to pay for the car over a 5-year period, what are your monthly car payments?

A) $216.67
B) $252.34
C) $276.21
D) $285.78
E) $318.71

Nominal Annual Interest

Nominal annual interest is the stated interest rate associated with a loan or investment, not accounting for compounding or inflation effects within a specific year.

Monthly Car Payments

Regular payments made by a borrower to a lender for the financing of a vehicle purchase, typically structured over a set period.

Down Payment

An initial payment made when something is bought on credit, typically a percentage of the purchase price.