Solution:
1. Given:
- Down payment: USD 998
- Monthly payment: USD 465
- Loan term: 5.5 years or 66 months
- Annual interest rate: 8.5% (monthly rate
= \frac{8.5}{12} percent = 0.70833% = 0.0070833)
2. Use the formula for the present value of an annuity to find the loan amount:
\text{Loan Amount} = P \times \frac{1 - (1 + r)^{-n}}{r} where
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P is the monthly payment (USD 465)
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r is the monthly interest rate (0.0070833)
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n is the total number of payments (66)
3. Substitute and compute:
\text{Loan Amount} = 465 \times \frac{1 - (1 + 0.0070833)^{-66}}{0.0070833} 4. Calculate the value:
\text{Loan Amount}\approx465\times50.9965\approx24446.96 5. Add the down payment to get the total sale price:
\text{Sale Price} = \text{Loan Amount} + \text{Down Payment} \text{Sale Price}=24446.96+998 \text{Sale Price}=25444.96 USD