Howard must decide if he will purchase discount points for his mortgage. Two discount points which cost 2% of the mortgage amount will result in a 0.5% decrease in the interest rate. The terms of the mortgage are shown below.

Howard's Mortgage $423,000 30 year fixed 4.5% annual rate 2 discount points M $2,143 28 5% annual rate 0 discount points M = $2.270 76

Howard plans to stay in his house for about five years. Should Howard purchase the two discount points? Explain your reasoning.

correct choice is b

step-by-step explanation:

when you calculate the average rate of change of a function, you are finding the slope of the secant line between the two points. for the function the average rate of change from point to point can be calculated as

to find the average rate of change from day 2 to day 10, note that at day 2, 8 houses were sold, so a(2,8) and at day 10, 2 houses were sold, so b(10,2). thus,

h= 12 inches

step-by-step explanation:

answer: 0.26

i used the calculator on google

step-by-step explanation:

a child is 12 years old, and his father is 32 years older. in how many years will the age of the father be 2 times the age of the child?

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this needs to be the answer format, or else your answer is incomplete.

if the number of years is x, then the equation is

in __ years