The total cost , in dollars, to lease a car for 36 months from a particular car dealership is given by , where is the monthly payment, in dollars. In this equation, what does the value 1,000 most likely represent?
The total interest paid over the 36 months
The monthly payment if the lease were for 1,000 months
A one-time down payment or initial fee
The total cost of the car if the monthly payment was $0
