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Kay [80]
3 years ago
5

An equation for the depreciation of a car is given by y = A(1 – r)t , where y = current value of the car, A = original cost, r =

rate of depreciation, and t = time, in years. The value of a car is half what it originally cost. The rate of depreciation is 10%. Approximately how old is the car?
Mathematics
2 answers:
JulsSmile [24]3 years ago
8 0

Answer:

The car is 6.5788 years old.

Step-by-step explanation:

The key to solve the problem is in the following sentence: "The value of a car is half what it originally cost". Keep in mind that y is the current value and A is the original cost. It means that y is half of A: y=\frac{A}{2}.

It is assumed that the rate of depreciation is annually and its value is 10\%. Remember that 10\% equals 0.1, so r=0.1.

For finding the value of t, you must replace the values of y and r in the depreciation formula:

y=A\cdot (1-r)^t

\frac{A}{2}=A\cdot (1-0.1)^t

After cancelling the variable A the equation would be:

\frac{1}{2}=(0.9)^t

For finding the value of t you must apply natural algorithm in both sides:

ln\bigg( \frac{1}{2}\bigg) =ln[(0.9)^t]

ln(0.5)=t\cdot ln(0.9)

t=\frac{ln(0.5)}{ln(0.9)}

t=6.5788

The previous value can be split in two parts: 6+0.5788. The first part refers to years and the second part can be converted to months by multiplying the total months in a year (12) by 0.5788.

months=12\times 0.5788=6.9456

Thus, the car is 6.5788 years old (which is approximately 6 years and almost 7 months).

r-ruslan [8.4K]3 years ago
4 0
<span>A(1 – r)t , where y = current value of the car,</span>
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