Your FICO score makes a big difference in how lenders determine what interest rate to charge you. Consider the situation

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Your FICO score makes a big difference in how lenders determine what interest rate to charge you. Consider the situation

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Your FICO score makes a big difference in how lenders determine what interest rate to charge you. Consider the situation faced by Edward and Jorge. Edward has a fairly poor FICO score of 660 and, as a result, pays 17.0% APR on the unpaid balance of his credit card. Jorge has a FICO score of 740 and pays only 7.2% APR on the unpaid balance of his credit card. If both persons carry an average balance of $2,500 on their credit cards for three years, how much more money will Edward repay compared with what Jorge owes (moral: you want a high FICO score)? Assume monthly compounding of interest. Edward will repay $ more. (Round to the nearest dollar.) C
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