Leslie Has Been Offered the Choice of Either a $1,000

question 64

Essay

Leslie has been offered the choice of either a $1,000 rebate or a 5.5%, 48-month loan for the new car she is purchasing. If Leslie will be financing $15,000 and can get a 7.5%, 48-month loan at her credit union, should she take the $1,000 rebate or the 5.5% loan? (Show all work.)

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Definitions:

Angst

In existential philosophy, the anxiety that stems from doubts about the meaning and purpose of life; also called existential anxiety.

Nothingness

A concept referring to the absence of anything at all, often discussed within philosophical, existential, or metaphysical contexts.

Alienation

The feeling of being isolated or estranged from others or oneself, often associated with a loss of connection or dissatisfaction.

Eigenwelt

In Binswanger’s phenomenological analysis, the experience of experience itself; the result of introspection.