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Kim is trying to decide whether she can afford a loan she needs in order to go to chiropractic school. Right now Kim is living at home and works in a shoe store, earning a gross income of $1,070 per month. Her employer deduct $210 for taxes from her monthly pay. Kim also pays $128 on several credit card debts each month. The loan she needs for chiropractic school will cost an additional $85 per month. Help Kim make her decision by calculating her debt payments-to-income ratio with and without the college loan. (Remember the 20 percent rule.)

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Answer:

Even with the student loan, Kim's debt to income ratio is lower than 20%, so she should get the loan and attend chiropractic school.

Explanation:

debt to income ratio = total debt payments / total gross income

debt to income ratio without student loan = $128 / $1,070 = 11.96%

debt to income ratio with student loan = ($128 + $85) / $1,070 = 19.91%