Personal Finance (MindTap Course List)
13th Edition
ISBN: 9781337099752
Author: E. Thomas Garman, Raymond Forgue
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Amanda Forsythe of Springfield, Missouri, must decide whether to buy or lease a car she has selected. She has negotiated a purchase price (gross capitalized cost) of $30,000 and could borrow the money to buy from her credit union by putting $2,500 down and paying $645.84 per month for 48 months at 6 percent APR. Alternatively, she could lease the car for 48 months at $370 per month by paying a $2,500 capitalized cost reduction and a $350 disposition fee on the car, which is projected to have a residual value of $12,200 at the end of the lease. Round your answers to the nearest cent.
Finance charges (borrowing the car): $
The dollar cost of leasing: $
Amanda Forsythe of Springfield, Missouri, must decide whether to buy or lease a car she has selected. She has negotiated a purchase price (gross capitalized cost) of $38,000 and could borrow the money to buy from her credit union by putting $3,300 down and paying $814.93 per month for 48 months at 6 percent APR. Alternatively, she could lease the car for 48 months at $535 per month by paying a $3,300 capitalized cost reduction and a $350 disposition fee on the car, which is projected to have a residual value of $11,800 at the end of the lease. Use the Run the Numbers worksheet to advise Amanda about whether she should finance or lease the car. Round your answers to the nearest cent.
Amanda must decide to buy or lease a car that she has selected. She has negoiated a purchase price of $35,000 and can borrow money from her credit union by putting $3,000 down and paying $751.68 per month for 48 months at 6% APR.
Alternatively, she could lease the car for 48 months at $495 per month by paying $3,000 capitalized cost reduction and a $350 dispostition fee on the car whic is project to have a residual value of $12,100 at the end of the lease.
1. What is the buying dollar cost?
2. What is the leasing dollar cost?
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