Nick is a full-time college student who plans to graduate in 10 months. He works a limited number of hours each week to pay for car insurance, but he can't work more hours due to his class schedule....

Extracted text: Nick is a full-time college student who plans to graduate in 10 months. He works a limited number of hours each week to pay for car insurance, but he can't work more hours due to his class schedule. He is choosing between two 6-year student loans for $15,000 each. • Loan 1 has a 2.5% annual interest rate with a $224.57 monthly payment. Monthly payments are required immediately. • Loan 2 has monthly payments that are not required for 1 year, but interest accrues during that time. The annual interest is 3.5% compounded monthly. Then $238.56 monthly payments are made for 6 years. The loan Nick chooses will pay his tuition and living expenses, and it will also give him an extra $75 per month. Which loan should Nick choose and why? Nick should choose Loan 1 because the interest rate and the monthly payment are both lower. This means the total interest paid for this loan would be lower than the other one. Nick should choose Loan because no interest accrues during the first year. This means if he makes payments during that time, he would significantly decrease the total amount he repays. Nick should choose Loan 1 because he should not wait to make payments on a loan that is accruing interest. He would pay less in interest if he starts paying immediately. Nick should choose Loan because he cannot afford the other loan payment with his current monthly budget. He would benefit from the delayed repayment date even though he would pay greater interest.