Section 9-1 9-2
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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1. John Simms is shopping for a new sport utility vehicle. A portion of the sticker for an SUV is shown below.
What is the sticker price?
SUV
Base Price
Optional Equipment Description
Anti-Lock Brakes (ABS)
Automatic Transmission (ATO)
Destination Charge
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$28,150
$900
630
699
a. $29,680
c. $40,256
b. $30,379
d. $31,379
2. Janet Smith is shopping for a new sport utility vehicle. A portion of the sticker for an SUV is shown below.
What is the sticker price?
SUV
Base Price
Optional Equipment Description
Anti-Lock Brakes (ABS)
Automatic Transmission (ATO)
Deluxe CD/Radio
Destination Charge
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4.
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5.
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6.
$28,150
$900
630
1,420
699
a. $28,150
c. $31,799
b. $31,300
d. $28,849
Brad Alexander sees a van advertised in the Sunday newspaper. The base price is $24,000.82. The total for
factory-installed options is $3,027.00. The destination charge is $200.00. What is the sticker price?
a. $27,227.82
c. $3,227.82
b. $20,973.82
d. $24,000.82
Kate Morris wants to buy a new sports car. The car’s base price is $18,045. Factory-installed options are
$898, and destination price is $300. What is the sticker price?
a. $19,243
c. $18,943
b. $19,234
d. $18,934
Mike Shepherd purchased a new sedan. He paid $28,905.50 for the car’s base price and a $164.00 destination
charge. The car’s options, a sunroof and air-conditioning, cost $3,609.00. What is the sticker price?
a. $28,905.50
c. $29,069.50
b. $32,514.50
d. $32,678.50
Christine Klein is shopping for a minivan. The factory sticker for one is shown below. What is the sticker
price for this vehicle?
Minivan Base Price: $22,061
C/C Options
Anti-Lock Brakes
Engine Block Heater
Roof Rack
Power Door Locks
DESTINATION CHARGE
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8.
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9.
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List Price
$507
32
225
283
640
a. $23,748
c. $22,665
b. $23,108
d. $24,061
Ron Metzger wants to buy a new sport hatchback. The base price for the car is $26,970 and the destination
charge is $600. The option package, including a 12-disc CD changer for his trunk, costs $2,440. What is the
sticker price?
a. $28,110
c. $30,550
b. $30,010
d. $27,570
Jeanne Barrons has decided to buy a new car. It has a base price of $21,276.00, options totaling $1,219.80,
and a destination charge of $590.00. While surfing the Internet, she learned that the dealer’s cost is
approximately 83 percent of the base price and 80 percent of the price of the options. What should Barrons
estimate as the dealer’s cost?
a. $19,224.92
c. $18,634.92
b. $17,659.09
d. $19,430.84
Car dealer Ben Carter paid 97 percent of the base price of $22,567. He also paid 93 percent of options totaling
$3,465, and a destination charge of $650. What is the dealer’s cost?
a. $25,242.44
c. $25,762.44
b. $22,539.99
d. $21,889.99
Car dealer Lisa Kovach’s paid 82 percent of a car’s options totaling $3,098. She paid 85 percent on a base
price of $15,480. The destination charge was $890. What is the dealer’s cost?
a. $18,020.36
c. $15,480.00
b. $13,158.00
d. $16,588.36
Car dealer Tim Jones pays 86 percent of the car’s $19,456 base price, 93 percent of its $1,068 option’s price,
and the $490 destination charge. What is the dealer’s cost?
a. $18,345.40
c. $17,345.40
b. $18,215.40
d. $18,315.00
Car dealer Jill Spade pays 89 percent for a car that has a base price of $23,998. She pays 87 percent of its
$3,425 options price and a $460 destination charge. What is the dealer’s cost?
a. $21,818.22
c. $24,337.97
b. $21,358.22
d. $24,797.97
Terri Davis is planning to buy a new car. While on the Internet she learned that the car has a base price of
$16,007, options that total $2,334, and a $500 destination charge. She read on a consumer’s Web site that the
dealer’s cost for the car is about 94 percent of the base price and 89 percent of the options price. What should
Davis estimate as the dealer’s cost?
a. $17,623.84
c. $17,500.25
$16,000.69
b.
d. $16,543.84
According to research Paul Monroe conducted on the Internet, the base price of a new car is $18,844.00, the
options total $2,115.50, and the destination charge is $635.00. He knows that the dealer paid about 97 percent
of the base price and 96 percent of the total options. What should Monroe estimate as the dealer’s cost for the
car?
a. $20,123.54
c. $21,785.00
b. $20,944.56
d. $19,891.63
____ 15. A 2-Door sedan sticker shows a base price of $12,130.00 with options totaling $2,623.00 and a $515.00
destination charge. Consumer Reports shows the dealer cost at about 93 percent of the base price and 97
percent of the options. What is the dealer’s cost?
a. $14,419.75
c. $15,419.75
b. $14,340.21
d. $16,513.85
____ 16. Judy Clark wants to buy a car that has a base price of $17,465 and options totaling $700. The dealer’s cost is
about 89 percent of the base price and 86 percent of the price of the options. The destination charge is $690.
What is the dealer’s price?
a. $16,589.00
c. $16,440.05
b. $16,835.85
d. $15,640.20
____ 17. Jack Carson is buying a new car with a base price of $18,950 and options totaling $4,230. There is a
destination charge of $1,350. The dealer’s cost is about 92 percent of the base price and 87 percent of the
options price. What is the dealer’s cost of the car?
a. $19,378.10
c. $21,728.10
b. $21,114.10
d. $22,464.10