Cayden wants to buy a television that costs $600, including taxes. To pay for the television, he will use a payment plan that requires him to make a down payment of $225, and then pay $74.50 each. What is the percent increase from the original cost of the television to the cost of the television using the payment plan?

well, the regular cost of the TV is 600 bucks, that includes taxes already, so is just 600 flat.

the payment plan makes Cayden pay 225 first, leaving 375 for periodic payments for 6 months, each payment of 74.50.

well, 74.5*6 = 447, so Cayden is paying 225 + 447 = 672, so the increase is 72 bucks.

If we take 600 to be the 100%, how much is 72 off of it in percentage?

898.1666667

step-by-step explanation:

5389/6 = 898.1666667

the simplified form is

step-by-step explanation:

we want to simplify the expression,

let us change the middle bar to a normal division sign to obtain,

we multiply the first fraction by the reciprocal of the second fraction to obtain,

we factor to obtain,

we cancel the common factors to get,

we simplify to get,

the correct answer is b