SOLUTION: A student purchased a car and received an interest free loan of $12,000 from his parents. The student agrees to repay the loan by making a $300 monthly payments until the loan is r

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Question 669687: A student purchased a car and received an interest free loan of $12,000 from his parents. The student agrees to repay the loan by making a $300 monthly payments until the loan is repaid. Let x be the number of payments that the student made and y (in dollars) the amount of money the student still owed. I am stuck on this question someone please help! I need help setting the problem up and solving =/
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owes y amount from original 12000 minus x payments of 300
highlight_green%28y+=+12000+-+300x%29
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Answer by MathTherapy(10555) About Me  (Show Source):
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A student purchased a car and received an interest free loan of $12,000 from his parents. The student agrees to repay the loan by making a $300 monthly payments until the loan is repaid. Let x be the number of payments that the student made and y (in dollars) the amount of money the student still owed. I am stuck on this question someone please help! I need help setting the problem up and solving =/

highlight_green%28y%28x%29+=+12000+-+300x%29, or highlight_green%28y%28x%29+=+-+300x+%2B+12000%29, with y(x) being the balance, depending on the amount of payments (x) made

You can use this equation to determine, at any juncture, the amount still owing.

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