10. A furniture company allows customers to purchase household furnishings with an in-store loan,
pay with cash or a credit card, or Rent-To-Own with a lease agreement.
A customer chooses furniture worth $3,225.00 including tax and chooses to Rent-To-Own.
Rent to Own Furniture Warehouse
• No down payment is required.
• The monthly lease payment is $156.99 for 2 years.
a. Calculate the total cost to own the furniture using the Rent-To-Own option.
b. What the amount of the finance charge on this purchase?
c. What simple interest percentage rate is this finance charge? Recall: = �

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Answer:

a) Cost of rent to own option is = ($156.99/month) ( 2 yrs)( 12 month/yr) = $3767.76

b) The amount of the finance charge is = $3767.76 - $3225.00 = $542.76

c) the simple interest rate can be calculated by this formula

I = Prt, where  

I = total interest value = $542.76

P = is the present worth or original cost including taxes = $3225.00

t = time in yrs = 2  

r = Yearly interest rate, By rearranging the formula:

r = I /Pt, r = ( $542.76 / $3225.00 . 2) ( 100) = 8.415%

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