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Julio buys a used car for \"\".

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Monthly expenses for the car-which include insurance, maintenance, and gas-total \"\" per month. Find the total cost of buying and owning the car for \"\" months.

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Let \"\" be the total cost of buying and owning the car.

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Consider the \"\" and \"\".

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\"\"                    (Original equation)

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\"\"      (Substitute \"\" and \"\")

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\"\"           (Simplify)

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The equation is \"\".