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A man plans to take a housing loan of Rs 99,53,000 from a bank costing 18% per annum compounded monthly. The loan is to be paid back in 30 years in equal monthly installments (EMI). The EMI by reducing balance method is:

[Given (1.015)−360=0.0047(1.015)^{-360} = 0.0047]

Solution

✅ Correct Option: 2

The loan amount is Rs 99,53,000 with an annual interest rate of 18% compounded monthly, to be repaid over 30 years.

The monthly interest rate is:

r=18%12=1.5%=0.015r = \frac{18\%}{12} = 1.5\% = 0.015

The number of monthly installments is:

n=30×12=360n = 30 \times 12 = 360 months


The EMI formula for reducing balance method is:

EMI=P×r1−(1+r)−nEMI = \frac{P \times r}{1 - (1+r)^{-n}}

where PP is the principal, rr is the monthly interest rate, and nn is the number of months.


Substituting the values:

EMI=99,53,000×0.0151−(1.015)−360EMI = \frac{99,53,000 \times 0.015}{1 - (1.015)^{-360}}

Using the given value (1.015)−360=0.0047(1.015)^{-360} = 0.0047:

EMI=99,53,000×0.0151−0.0047EMI = \frac{99,53,000 \times 0.015}{1 - 0.0047}


Calculating the numerator:

99,53,000×0.015=1,49,29599,53,000 \times 0.015 = 1,49,295

Calculating the denominator:

1−0.0047=0.99531 - 0.0047 = 0.9953


Therefore:

EMI=1,49,2950.9953EMI = \frac{1,49,295}{0.9953}

EMI=1,50,000EMI = 1,50,000

The monthly EMI is Rs 1,50,000.

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