Mr. Jones purchased a refrigerator for x dollars under an installment plan. The plan requires Mr. Jones to make a 15% down payment and monthly
payments of y dollars over a period of 24 months.
Use the given expressions to determine the finance charge that Mr. Jones paid.
24x - 0.85y
0.85x + 24y
0.15x
15y
24y - 0.85%
0.15x + 24y
(24y
15
0.85%
down payment
number of monthly payments
total amount paid as monthly payments

Explanation:

The finance charge is the difference between the amount paid for the purchase with financing and the amount you would pay if you do not finance the purchase, that is, if you buy it in cash.

The amount paid with financing is the down payment plus all the montly payments. This is:

The amount that you would pay without financing is the price of the refrigerator:

The difference is:

b) a state law could be declared illegal if it contradicted the constitution.

explanation:

the conflict of this case originated when james w. mcculloch, a cashier of the baltimore branch of the second bank of the united states that the congress had chartered in 1816, refused to pay a tax imposed by the maryland state.

in the case, the state of maryland appealed that the establishment of a second bank was unconstitutional since the constitution didn't say anything about granting that power to congress. however, the case determined that even if such right wasn't specifically stated in the constitution, it was part of the "implied powers" of the government enunciated in article i, section 8.

the case also eliminated maryland's legislation to impose taxes to a national bank, asserting that even though the states retained the power of taxation, the constitution's laws are supreme and can not be controlled by the states, therefore, if a state law contradicts the constitution, it should be declared illegal.

explanation: