Consider the following loan: a 60-month, $45,000 car loan with a 12% APR, compounded monthly. Assume that right after you make your 50th payment, the balance on the loan is $9,480.78. How much of your...

Extracted text: Consider the following loan: a 60-month, $45,000 car loan with a 12% APR, compounded monthly. Assume that right after you make your 50th payment, the balance on the loan is $9,480.78. How much of your next payment goes toward principal, and how much goes toward interest? Compare this with the principal and interest paid in the first month's payment ($551.00 toward principal and $450.00 toward interest in the first month). What is happening? The amount that goes toward interest is $ 94.81. (Round to the nearest cent.) The amount that goes toward the principal is S (Round to the nearest cent.)