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Sinking fund method: Deposit money into a sinking fund, and pay
a lump-sum payment at the end of term. Either pay interest of the
loan periodically (Common practice), or pay all the accumulated
value at the end.
Finding the Outstanding Loan Balance I
To find the outstanding loan balance after a particular payment,
the most direct way is the prospective method:
1 − v n−k
Outstanding Loan Balance = PM = PMa n−k .
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Finding the Outstanding Loan Balance II
uk − 1
Outstanding Loan Balance = Pu k − PM = Pu k − PMu k .
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Finding the Outstanding Loan Balance III
Clearly the principal repaid in the kth payment equals the loan
balance at the (k − 1)th payment minus the loan balance at the
kth payment, i.e.
1 − v n−k+1 1 − v n−k
= PM − PM
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v n−k+1 v1 − 1
= PM
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= PMv n−k+1 .
Amortization Schedules II
1 − v n−k
Outstanding Loan Balance = PM = PMa n−k .
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Amortization Schedules III