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Page Litton Likes to Use Her Credit Card to Buy

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Page Litton likes to use her credit card to buy gas since she can defer payment for 30 days.However,she notices that her dealer charges 3 cents more per gallon than if she paid with cash.Page estimates paying about $1.00 a gallon for gas,and her monthly credit statement shows an APR of 18 %.Given this information,Page should


A) continue using her card since the opportunity cost of paying in cash is less than 18% a year.
B) pay with cash since its opportunity cost is about 36% a year.
C) continue using her card,the effective cost of using cash is about 36% a year.
D) you can't tell unless you know how much gas she will buy.

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