Consider a student loan of $15 comma 000 at a fixed apr of 12 % for 15 years. a. calculate the monthly payment. b. determine the total amount paid over the term of the loan. c. of the total amount paid, what percentage is paid toward the principal and what percentage is paid for interest. a. the monthly payment is $180.03 . (do not round until the final answer. then round to the nearest cent as needed.) b. the total payment over the term of the loan is $32405.40 . (round to the nearest cent as needed.) c. of the total payment over the term of the loan, 46 % is paid toward the principal and 54 % is paid toward interest. (round to the nearest tenth as needed.)

Costco wholesale corporation operates membership warehouses selling food, appliances, consumer electronics, apparel and other household goods at 471 locations across the u.s. as well as in canada, mexico and puerto rico. as of its fiscal year-end 2005, costco had approximately 21.2 million members. selected fiscal-year information from the company's balance sheets follows. ($ millions). selected balance sheet data 2005 2004 merchandise inventories $4,015 $3,644 deferred membership income (liability) 501 454 (a) during fiscal 2005, costco collected $1,120 cash for membership fees. use the financial statement effectstemplate to record the cash collected for membership fees. (b) in 2005, costco recorded $46,347 million in merchandise costs (that is, cost of goods sold). record thistransaction in the financial statement effects template. (c) determine the value of merchandise that costco purchased during fiscal-year 2005. use the financial statementeffects template to record these merchandise purchases. assume all of costco's purchases are on credit.