Question

You purchased a computer for your business for $800 using straight line depreciation, the amount of depreciation allowed for each year after the purchase is given by the function f(x)= 800-114.29X what type of function can you used to model the data?

Answer 1

Answer:

this is a linear function

Step-by-step explanation:

y = a + bx

in this case:

y = 800 - 114.29x

where:

y = accumulated depreciation

x = number of years

year     accumulated          

(x)         depreciation (y)      

0          0                      

1          114.29              

2          228.58                  

3          342.87                

4          457.16                  

5          571.45                  

6          685.74                  

7          800