Homework Help: Word problem

Posted by Gene on Monday, October 22, 2012 at 10:30pm.

A new car worth 45K is depreciating in value by 5K per year. How can I write a formula that models the cars' value,y, in dollars, after x years?Then using the formula determine after how many years the cars' value will be 9K.

Word problem - PsyDAG, Tuesday, October 23, 2012 at 2:11pm
Substitute 4d for e in second equation and solve for d. Insert that value into the first equation and solve for e. Check by inserting both values into the second equation.

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