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Lemur [1.5K]
3 years ago
11

Belinda is thinking about buying a car for $38,000. The table below shows the projected value of two different cars for three ye

ars:
Number of years 1 2 3
Car 1 (value in dollars) 32,000 26,000 20,000
Car 2 (value in dollars) 32,300 27,455 23,336.75


Part A: What type of function, linear or exponential, can be used to describe the value of each of the cars after a fixed number of years? Explain your answer. (2 points)

Part B: Write one function for each car to describe the value of the car f(x), in dollars, after x years. (4 points)

Part C: Belinda wants to purchase a car that would have the greatest value in five years. Will there be any significant difference in the value of either car after five years? Explain your answer, and show the value of each car after five years. (4 points)
Mathematics
1 answer:
Mrac [35]3 years ago
6 0

Answer:

Part A. In order to know the function, the first step is to plot the points for both cars. In the picture, this is represented by the blue and orange lines for Car 1 and Car 2, respectively. When you connect the dots, it forms a smooth line. Therefore, both functions are linear.

Part B. In this case, you have to find the m and b for the standard form of a linear equation, y=mx + b, wherein m is the slope and b is the y-intercept. But, you can use MS Excel to make a trendline and know the linear equation from it through linear regression. The equation for car 1 is y=-6000x+38000 and that for car 2 is y=-4481.6x+36661.

Part C. In the formulated equations in Part B, we use this to know the value of y by replacing x = 5 years.

Car 1:

y = -6000(5)+38000 = $8,000

Car 2:

y=-4481.6(5)+36661 = $14,253

There is a significant difference, obviously. For Car 1, the value dropped from $20,000 to $8000 in just a year. For Car 2, the value dropped from $23,336.75 to $14,253 in just a year.

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