Hello, Can anyone confirm whether the method you use to calculate the remaining capital, for instance, matters? I often get different answers to those provided in solutions and this is because I favour the retrospective method whereas the solutions use the prospective method. If I get a slightly different answer in the exam because of this will I be marked incorrectly? For example, question 2.20 part 2 of the q&a bank gives 83759.97 as the answer but I get 83760.62 and for part 3 of the same question I get 82269.63 as the remaining capital at the end of the 5th year but the solution gives 82269.02. Many thanks. Richard
no it doesn't matter - as long as you do it correctly you'll be fine. Accuracy to around 4 or 5 significant figures is fine. If you round the repayment to the nearest pence then the methods can soon drift apart over many months and years.
