As a college student, you probably receive many credit card offers in the mail. Consider these two offers. The first card charges a 17 percent APR. An examination of the footnotes reveals that this card compounds monthly. The second credit card charges 16.25 percent APR and compounds weekly. What is the effective annual rate of the cheaper card?

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Due to poor spending habits, Bryant has accumulated $5,000 in credit card debt. He has missed several payments and now the annual interest rate on the card is 16.75 percent! If he pays $200 per month on the card, in total, how much interest expense does Bryant pay to the credit card company?
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