Smith has been contracted by CPUT for 10 years on a monthly salary of R45 000. Smith has also taken a mortgage loan from ABC Bank, R 169,500, to be repaid over 2 years. Interest is charged at 15% pa compounded monthly, and payments are made at the beginning of each month. Furthermore, Smith has purchased a new vehicle that costing R20 000 and this amount was borrowed from ABSA at 3.9% per year compounded monthly over 5years. Every month he will spend; R 200 on groceries, R15 800 on travelling expenses and R8 500 on entertainment. In addition, he will pay R 500 to UWC every month for his PhD studies. Smith will incur no further expenses and any amount remaining from his salary will be saved. Calculate the monthly payments on a loan from Absa.
A R 366.24
B R -366.24
C R 242.76