esteban bought a new stove for $986 on his credit card. he used the stove for eleven years before replacing it. the stove cost him an average of $0.14 per day in electricity. esteban had preventive maintenance done on the stove, costing $24.25 each year for the eleven years. estebans credit card has an apr of 9.26%, compounded monthly. he paid off his balance by making identical monthly payments for five years. sales tax in estebans area is 8.22%. assuming that esteban made no other purchases or payments with his credit card, what was the lifetime total cost of the stove? (assume that two of the years esteban had the stove were leap years, and round all dollar values to the nearest cent.)
a. $2,534.57
b. $2,166.53
c. $2,234.23
d. $2,064.53

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(a) $2,534.57

(b) $2,166.53

(c) $2,234.23

(d) $2,064.53

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Calculate the purchase price with sales tax

Calculate the total credit card payments

Calculate the total electricity cost

Calculate the total maintenance cost

Calculate the lifetime total cost

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