A house sells for $\$ 160,000$ and a $20 \%$ down payment is made. A mortgage was secured at $3.1 \%$ for 25 years. Round to the nearest cent, if necessary. Part: 0 / 4 Part 1 of 4 Find the down payment. The down payment is $\$ \square$.

Step 1 ：The down payment is 20% of the total cost of the house. To find this, we need to multiply the total cost of the house by 20% (or 0.20 in decimal form).

Step 2 ：Let's denote the total cost of the house as \(total\_cost\) and the down payment percent as \(down\_payment\_percent\).

Step 3 ：\(total\_cost = 160000\)

Step 4 ：\(down\_payment\_percent = 0.2\)

Step 5 ：We can find the down payment by multiplying the total cost by the down payment percent.

Step 6 ：\(down\_payment = total\_cost \times down\_payment\_percent\)

Step 7 ：Substituting the given values, we get \(down\_payment = 160000 \times 0.2 = 32000.0\)

Step 8 ：Final Answer: The down payment is \(\boxed{32000}\)