Question

Mr slone said that his car was worth $32,000 when it was purchased.however over the last 3 years $6300. What integer represents the average decrease in value per year?

Answer 1

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To solve this, we need to first find how much the car value decreased.

The car started at $32,000, but dropped down to $6,300. To find the value drop, we use subtraction.

$32,000-$6300

$25,700

Now we know that his car value dropped $25,700 in value over the course of 3 years. Now we need to figure out how much value it dropped per year. To do this, we split the money into 3 years.

$25,700÷3

$8,566.6666666...

We can round this to $8,567

On average, his car lost $8,567 in value, per year. Now, we need to find how much value his car had after one year in order to get our integer. (a fraction of 2 whole numbers)

$32,000-$8,567

$23,433

Now that we know what his can was worth after one year, we can say that his can was worth $23,433 out of the $32,000 originally was worth. Out of can mean division, or fraction, and because these are both whole numbers, and integer. This is our integer:

$\frac{23433}{32000}$

Since we cannot simplify it, this is our integer that represents the average decrease in value per year.

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