Calculating the interest rate for an annuity (Exam FM)

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I have been searching for a way to solve for the interest rate given the monthly payments of a loan. I would like to set up a problem as the following.

$X$=monthly payment , $i$=effective interest rate for each month, $n$=the total number of payments to pay off the loan. Assume that one borrows $1$ as a loan.

I understand that the following is true

$$Xa_{\overline{n}\rceil i}=1$$

or in other words,

$$\frac{1-(1+i)^{-n}}{i}=\frac{1}{X}$$

Here, solving for one variable given the other two seems like an easy problem, but to me that is the case only for solving for $n$ and $X$.

I tried to search for a way to solve for $i$, and I was wondering how these types of problems are solved in the exam FM. I understand that a graphing calculator is not allowed, I am thinking that there must be a way to solve this by hand.

Can I have some input?

Thanks.