a. Debt limit ratio = Total debt payments / Limit of the Payments.
Total debt payments = Lawaway payments+ Car payments + Credit
payments
= 117+251+83
= 451
Limit of the Payments = 2281
Debt limit ratio = 451/2281 = 0.1977
=19.77%
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