A company borrows $250,000 from its bank for one year. At the maturity date, one year after the money’s deposited in the company’s checking account, it writes a check to the bank for $268,324 to pay off the loan. Determine the effective annual interest rate and the nominal annual interest rate assuming semiannual compounding.

Half-Year

Half-Year Start of Period

Interest at ?%

Loan Balance at End of Period

First

$250,000.00

 

 

Second

 

 

$268,324.00