An exponential decay function is:
f=ir^t, f=final amount, i=initial amount, r=common ratio, t=number of times ratio is applied...We can see the initial value is 17000 so all we really have to find is the common ratio, or "rate" as some call it :P If we look at the second point, when t=1 we can see:
14280=17000r
r=357/425
r=0.84
So in five years the SUV will be worth more than the car by:
17000(0.84^5)-12000(0.89^5)
$408.73 (to the nearest cent)
So for this problem we need to do order of operations so the very first step that we need to do here is (8+2) because that is the smallest enclosed symbols (8+2)=10 next divide by 20 because that is the next step in the equation which 20/10=2, so now we have {[2]^6+6} and due to order of operations the next step here is to take 2 to the power of 6 which is 64 so now we have {64+6} which is 70 so now we have 70/(4^2/2) and due to order of operations we do the parentheses first and that would mean that we do 4^2 because exponents come after parantheses like so,
70/(16/2) now we do 16/2 because its still inside the paranthesess so 16/2=8 so now we have 70/8 and that equals are end answer of 8.75 Enjoy!=)
It’s not 100 points it’s only five points
