Suppose National Bank offers to lend you $10,000 for one year at a nominal annual rate (annual percentage rate) of 8.00%, but you must make interest payments at the end of each quarter and then pay off the $10,000 principal amount at the end of the year. What is the effective annual rate (EAR) on this loan?
8.00%
8.24%
8.30%
8.33%