On March 1, you borrow $239,000 to buy a house. The mortgage rate is 7.876% compounded semi-annually. The loan is to be repaid in equal monthly payments over 20 years. The first payment is due on April 1. How much of the third payment applies to the principal balance?

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Convert the quoted nominal rate (compounded semi‑annually) to the equivalent monthly effective rate, then form the monthly payment and amortize three months.

1) Relevant concepts
- A nominal annual rate compounded semi‑annually (r = 7.876%) has semi‑annual rate r/2 = 0.03938. The monthly effective rate i satisfies (1 + i)^6 = 1 + r/2, so i = (1 + 0.03938)^{1/6} − 1.
- Monthly payment for n months on principal L: PMT = L·i / [1 − (1 + i)^{−n}].
- Amortization: interest each month = outstanding balance × i; principal portion = PMT − interest; new balance = old balance − principal portion.

2) Step‑by‑step calculation
- Monthly rate: i = (1.03938)^{1/6} − 1 ≈ 0.00645817 (0.645817% per month).
- Number of payments: n = 20 years × 12 = 240 months.
- Monthly payment:
  PMT = 239000 × 0.00645817 / [1 − (1 + 0.00645817)^{−240}] ≈ 1,962.50 (rounded to cents).

Amortize month by month (rounding each monetary figure to cents as in standard schedules):
- Payment 1 (April 1):
  Interest1 = 239,000 × 0.00645817 ≈ 1,543.54
  Principal1 = PMT − Interest1 = 1,962.50 − 1,543.54 = 418.96
  Balance after 1st = 239,000 − 418.96 = 238,581.04

- Payment 2 (May 1):
  Interest2 = 238,581.04 × 0.00645817 ≈ 1,540.79
  Principal2 = 1,962.50 − 1,540.79 = 421.71
  Balance after 2nd = 238,581.04 − 421.71 = 238,159.33

- Payment 3 (June 1):
  Interest3 = 238,159.33 × 0.00645817 ≈ 1,538.55
  Principal3 = 1,962.50 − 1,538.55 = 423.95

3) Why this is correct
The monthly rate conversion is required because compounding is semi‑annual while payments are monthly; the payment formula yields the fixed monthly payment; then the amortization steps (compute interest on current balance, subtract from payment to get principal paid) give the principal portion of the 3rd payment. Rounding to cents each month is standard practice and produces Principal3 = $423.95.

4) Why other choices are incorrect
- $1,543.54 and $1,540.84 are (approximately) interest amounts in early months, not the principal portion of the third payment.
- $421.23 and $418.53 are plausible principal amounts for other rounding conventions or months, but they do not match the correctly rounded amortization sequence above.

Final confirmation: the principal portion of the third payment is $423.95 (matches the provided answer).

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