After deciding to buy a new car, you can either lease the car or purchase it on a three-year loan. The car you wish to buy costs $35,000. The dealer has a special leasing arrangement where you pay $99 today and $499 per month for the next three years. If you purchase the car, you will pay it off in monthly payments over the next three years at a 6% APR. You believe you will be able to sell the car for $23,000 in three years. All final answers are rounded to the nearest dollar. Choose all correct statements from the below.

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After deciding to buy a new car, you can either lease the car or purchase it on a three-year loan. The car you wish to buy costs $35,000. The dealer has a special leasing arrangement where you pay $99 today and $499 per month for the next three years. If you purchase the car, you will pay it off in monthly payments over the next three years at a 6% APR. You believe you will be able to sell the car for $23,000 in three years. All final answers are rounded to the nearest dollar. Choose all correct statements from the below.

 

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If you sell the car after three years, the PV of purchasing the car is $15,780.

 

Purchasing is always preferable if the APR is below 6%.

 

The PV of leasing the car is $17,502.

 

If the APR increases to 8.4%, you should lease the car.

 

You should lease the car given that the PV of leasing is higher.

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