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apr for a loan paid off monthly
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if your apr is quoted as nominal rate compounded monthly, the apr is 108.6 %. here is the calculation, (done in mathematica ). the sum of the discounted future payments (p) are set equal to the present value (pv) of the loan, and solved for the periodic interest rate (r).  details of the effective interest rate calculation can be found here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/effective_interest_rate#calculation
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