Question

Michaels plumbing purchased a used van for $3,250. the company made a down payment of $450 and agrees to 24 payments of $150 per month. find the finance charge.

Answer 1

Finance charge can be defined as the amount charged by a creditor to a debtor as borrowing fees or by a seller to a buyer for allowing the buyer to extend the payment period for a certain good/service. In this case, the original price of the car was $3,250. But since Michael's Plumbing was not able to pay the full amount at once, they made a down payment of $450 and later 24 equal installments of $150. In total, the amount paid will be (450+(150*24))= $4,050. The finance charge is what they will pay over and above the initial cash price. This is arrived at by getting the difference as follows $4,050-$3,250= $800