Assume that you are on your way to purchase a new car. You have already applied and been accepted for an automobile loan through your local credit union. The loan can be for an amount up to $25,000, depending on the final price of the car you choose. The terms of the loan call for monthly payments for a period of four years at a stated interest rate equal to 6 percent. After selecting the car you want, you negotiate with the sales representative and agree on a purchase price of $24,000, which does not include any rebates or incentives. The rebate on the car you chose is $3,000. The dealer offers0% financing,but you forfeit the $3,000 rebate if you take the0% financing.

a. What are the monthly payments that you will have to make if you take the 0% financing? (Hint: Because there is no interest, the total amount that has to be repaid is $24,000, which also equals the sum of all the payments.)

b. What are the monthly payments if you finance the car with the credit union

loan?

c. Should you use the 0% financing loan or the credit union loan to finance

the car?

d. Assume that it is two years later, and you have decided to repay the amount

you owe on the automobile loan. How much must you repay if you chose the

dealers 0% financing? The credit union loan?