Answers:
- a) 15000 represents the starting amount
- b) The decay rate is 16%, which means the car loses 16% of its value each year.
- c) x is the number of years
- d) f(x) is the value of the car after x years have gone by
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Explanation:
We have the function f(x) = 15000(0.84)^x. If we plug in x = 0, then we get,
f(x) = 15000(0.84)^x
f(0) = 15000(0.84)^0
f(0) = 15000(1)
f(0) = 15000
In the third step, I used the idea that any nonzero value to the power of 0 is always 1. The rule is x^0 = 1 for any nonzero x.
So that's how we get the initial value of the car. The car started off at $15,000.
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The growth or decay rate depends entirely on the base of the exponential, which is 0.84; compare it to 1+r and we see that 1+r = 0.84 solves to r = -0.16 which converts to -16%. The negative indicates the value is going down each year. So we have 16% decay or the value is going down 16% per year.
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The value of x is the number of years. In the first section, x = 0 represented year 0 or the starting year. If x = 1, then one full year has passed by. For x = 2, we have two full years pass by, and so on.
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The value of f(x) is the value of the car after x years have gone by. We found that f(x) = 15000 when x = 0. In other words, at the start the car is worth $15,000. Plugging in other x values leads to other f(x) values. For example, if x = 2, then you should find that f(x) = 10584. This means the car is worth $10,584 after two years.
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The <em>trigonometric</em> function that represents the curve seen in the picture is f(x) = 4.5 · sin (π · x / 2 - π) - 6.5.
<h3>How to derive a sinusoidal expression</h3>
In this problem we need to find a <em>sinusoidal</em> expression that models the curve seen in the picture. The most typical <em>sinusoidal</em> model is described below:
f(x) = a · sin (b · x + c) + d (1)
Where:
- a - Amplitude
- b - Angular frequency
- c - Angular phase
- d - Vertical midpoint
Now we proceed to find the value of each variable:
Amplitude
a = - 2 - (-6.5)
a = 4.5
Angular frequency
b = 2π / T, where T is the period.
0.25 · T = 4 - 3
T = 4
b = 2π / 4
b = π / 2
Midpoint
d = - 6.5
Angular phase
- 2 = 4.5 · sin (π · 4/2 + c) - 6.5
4.5 = 4.5 · sin (π · 4/2 + c)
1 = sin (2π + c)
π = 2π + c
c = - π
The <em>trigonometric</em> function that represents the curve seen in the picture is f(x) = 4.5 · sin (π · x / 2 - π) - 6.5.
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