Sarah bought a television from a rental center. She makes 18 monthly payments of $93.27 with her credit card. The rental center charges $3.85 for every purchase made with a credit card. She also had to pay late fees in the amount of $41.50 nine different times. What is the total cost of the television?
$2,121.66
$1,678.86
$2,052.36
$1,748.16

Question

Sarah bought a television from a rental center. She makes 18 monthly payments of $93.27 with her credit card. The rental center charges $3.85 for every purchase made with a credit card. She also had to pay late fees in the amount of $41.50 nine different times. What is the total cost of the television?
$2,121.66 
$1,678.86 
$2,052.36 
$1,748.16

anonymous · Answer

I got the answer of 2,052.36 but this wasn't counting in the $3.85 for every purchase.  Would that 3.85 be counted in at each payment every month for 18 months or just once for the purchase?

anonymous · Answer

With the 3.85 counted in for each payment I found that 2,121.66 was my answer.  Would this be correct?

bibby · Answer

the only answer that makes sense is A, if you add 2052.36+18(3.85)

it's poorly worded

anonymous · Answer

Thanks, I agree.  Very poorly worded

anonymous · Answer

It should say 3.85 for each payment, not purchase

bibby · Answer

or explicitly define a payment as a purchase, yeah