Question 22.33

3. Suppose that you borrow $5500 for your first year and $6500 for your second year (the maximum amounts for a dependent student), as federal direct student loans at a 4.29% interest rate. Suppose that each loan begins on September 1 of its year, that you finish college in four years, that you do not pay the accruing interest in the meantime, and that you begin repayment on December 1 after graduation. What is your total debt on that December 1, and how much of that is interest?

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The first loan accumulates interest of , and the second loan accumulates interest of . Your total debt is , including a total of $1909.05 in interest.