Fill in the blank!

Suppose you bought a used car for $3,200 and made equal payments over a 24-month period. About how much would you pay each month?

133 R _
_)--------
3,200
-24
--------
80
-72
-------
80
-72
------
8

24 -> 20
20 x 100 = _
_ x 200 = 4,000
$_ per month

1 answer

To calculate the monthly payment for a used car purchased for $3,200 over a 24-month period, you can use the formula:

\[ \text{Monthly Payment} = \frac{\text{Total Amount}}{\text{Number of Months}} \]

So, plugging in your values:

\[ \text{Monthly Payment} = \frac{3,200}{24} \]

Now let's calculate that:

\[ \text{Monthly Payment} = 133.33 \]

Thus, you would pay approximately $133.33 per month.

It seems that you already found a portion of this calculation in your text, showing that \( 80 \) and \( 72 \) are intermediate calculations.

So, to fill in the blank:

$133.33 per month.