13. You decide you'd like to buy a Nissan Leaf electric car, but you don't have enough money. You have two choices: 1) Lease a Leaf at $340.31 per month for 3 years, with a cash down payment of $2,000, and then return the car to the dealer, or 2) Take out a loan with monthly payments at 8% annual compound interest and buy the car now for $28,140 minus a cash down payment of $2,000. 13a. 13b. How long a loan term would result in your making the same monthly payment as for the lease? Over the course of said loan, how much interest would you have paid?
13. You decide you'd like to buy a Nissan Leaf electric car, but you don't have enough money. You have two choices: 1) Lease a Leaf at $340.31 per month for 3 years, with a cash down payment of $2,000, and then return the car to the dealer, or 2) Take out a loan with monthly payments at 8% annual compound interest and buy the car now for $28,140 minus a cash down payment of $2,000. 13a. 13b. How long a loan term would result in your making the same monthly payment as for the lease? Over the course of said loan, how much interest would you have paid?
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![13. You decide you'd like to buy a Nissan Leaf electric car, but you don't have enough money. You
have two choices:
1) Lease a Leaf at $340.31 per month for 3 years, with a cash down payment of $2,000, and then return
the car to the dealer, or
2) Take out a loan with monthly payments at 8% annual compound interest and buy the car now for
$28,140 minus a cash down payment of $2,000.
13a.
13b.
How long a loan term would result in your making the same monthly payment as for the lease?
Over the course of said loan, how much interest would you have paid?](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F1c49bdb0-7bcc-4c70-8d33-a9d25e83d8a1%2F081c8076-ebd7-4146-b55b-8deb98fb3cc4%2Ffdjjikp_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:13. You decide you'd like to buy a Nissan Leaf electric car, but you don't have enough money. You
have two choices:
1) Lease a Leaf at $340.31 per month for 3 years, with a cash down payment of $2,000, and then return
the car to the dealer, or
2) Take out a loan with monthly payments at 8% annual compound interest and buy the car now for
$28,140 minus a cash down payment of $2,000.
13a.
13b.
How long a loan term would result in your making the same monthly payment as for the lease?
Over the course of said loan, how much interest would you have paid?
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