You are about to purchase a house for $750K, making a down p…

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Yоu аre аbоut tо purchаse a house for $750K, making a down payment of 20%, and taking out a 15-year mortgage at 8.00% APR for the remaining amount. All of a sudden, our politicians are proposing to make housing "more affordable" by incentivizing you to take out a 50-year mortgage. Having taking Business Finance, you know that total interest paid on the longer-term loan will bigger than a toddler’s bedtime to-do list.  Calculate, how much more in total interest you're expecting to pay on the 50-year mortgage compared to 15-year mortgage. Assume other terms being same, with standard conditions (monthly end-of-month payments). Submit your answer in dollars, rounding your answer to the nearest penny ($0.01).