Question

You are out on your own and you have come into the sad issue of the old car (20+ years old, 150k miles) your parents gave you having a blown transmission unexpectedly. (It really wasn’t. You just put it off because it’s not cheap.) You now have the dubious choice to purchase a new\used car OR to repair the car your parents gave you free and clear. Assume you have a part-time job making $10 an hour at 30 hours a week and a 15% tax rate. Your total living expenses are $700 a month. The repairs for a transmission at $2,500 dollars, which you can finance at 17% interest. A new vehicle would be $20,000 at 10% interest, and a used vehicle would be $9,000 at 12% interest with unknown driver history. Create a flowchart, trace-table, and UML for these options and then in a one-page paper, discuss which you would choose and why. Discuss affordability, reliability, and return on investment.

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