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at a given interest rate.
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They know what an annuity is
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and how to compute its present value.
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A mortgage is almost the same thing as an annuity,
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the only twist is that the mortgage is computed monthly
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instead of annually, using a monthly interest rate,
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but when they say the monthly interest rate,
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instead of telling you the monthly interest rate
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they tell you the monthly interest rate times 12.
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It's just a convention.
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All right, so those are all the things you have to memorize.
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Now, let's try to use the way we can think