Money Factor Background
About Us | Directory | Career | News | Chat | InfoStore | Industrial | Ask an Expert
Formula Home
Finance
Financial Terms
Money Factor
  Background
Calculators
Loan Calculator
Lease Calculator
APR Calculator
Resources
Bibliography
Related Links
Login

 
Search for  
Home Membership Palm Store Forum Search Member Calculators

Materials

Design

Processes

Units

Formulas

Math
 
 Notations  C: The total loan amount. In the case of an auto lease, this is the car price.
 F: The residual value.
 r: The monthly interest rate. If the annual interest rate is R%, the monthly interest rate r is R/1200.
 N: The term, or the number of months of a lease.
 P: The monthly payment.
The monthly payment formula for a lease is given by:

When and , one can write:

Using the above expression, the average interest paid per month can be written as:

Since , one can rewrite the average interest payment as:

Hence, the Money Factor can be used to conveniently and reliably estimate the average interest rate on loans.

Membership  About Us  Privacy  Disclaimer  Contact  Advertise

Copyright © 2008 eFunda