Thinking Mathematically (6th Edition)

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Chapter 8 - Personal Finance - 8.8 Credit Cards - Concept and Vocabulary Check - Page 563: 2

Answer

The average daily balance for a credit card’s billing period is the sum of the unpaid balances for each day in the billing period divided by the number of billing days in the billing period.

Work Step by Step

The users of the credit card are required to make minimum monthly payment in respect of services being availed by them through the use of credit card. The payments for the credit card mainly depends upon the balances that are unpaid and the time duration involved in a particular billing period. Average daily balance can be computed using the equation as shown below: \[\text{Average daily balance}=\frac{\text{Sum of unpaid balances for each day in the billing period}}{\text{Number of billing days in the billing period}}\]
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