The Asogli Company Ltd has been offered the following alternative terms for a one-year loan to be repayable plus the interest in full at the end of the year:
i) 2.5% per month compounded monthly
ii) 10% per six months compounded six-monthly.

Required:
Calculate, for each alternative, the annual percentage rate of interest. Recommend one of the alternatives and explain why.


The company should prefer the lower interest rate, which is option (ii) with 21%.