3.5 Linear Automobile Depreciation
The straight line depreciation equation for a car is y=-2400x+36000. This is the original price of the car.
What is $36,000
Sam bought a car that originally sold for $40,000. It exponentially depreciates at a rate of 7.75% per year. Write an exponential depreciation equation for this car.
What is y=40000(1-0.0775)x
Carlos travels for 3 hours on the highway. His average speed is 55 mph. Find the distance traveled.
What is 165 miles?
The number of feet in a mile.
What is 5,280?
The f in the minimum speed formula.
What is drag factor?
The straight line depreciation equation for a car is y=-2400x+36000. This is the value the car loses per year.
What is $2400?
Chris purchased a used car for $19,700. The car depreciates exponentially by 10% per year. Find the car's worth after 6 years.
What is $10,469.39.
Jonathan's car gets approximately 25 miles per gallon. He is planning a 980-mile trip. Find the number of gallons his car will use on the trip.
What is 39.2 gallons?
The number of meters in a kilometer.
What is 1,000?
r in the minimum speed formula.
The straight line depreciation equation for a car is y=-2400x+36000. This is the number of years it will take for the car to totally depreciate.
What is 15 years?
Laura's new car cost $21,000. She was told that this make and model depreciates exponentially at a rate of 8.625% per year. Find the car's worth after 100 months.
What is $9,903.32?
Jonathan's car gets approximately 25 miles per gallon. He is planning a 980-mile trip. At an average price of $2.50 per gallon, find how much he is expected to spend on gas.
What is $98.00?
Tricia is driving 64 miles per hour on an interstate highway. She must make a quick stop because there is an emergency vehicle ahead. Find her braking distance. Round to the nearest foot.
What is 205 feet?
What is 48.3 feet?
A car is originally worth $43,500. It takes 12 years for this car to totally depreciate. Write the straight line depreciation equation that models this situation.
What is y=-3625x+43500?
Ralph purchased a 3-year-old car for $16,000. He was told that this make and model depreciates exponentially at a rate of 5.45% per year. Find the original price of the car.
What is $18,929.34?
You purchased 17 gallons of gas for $2.15 per gallon. You're splitting the total cost with 2 other people in your carpool. Find the cost each person (including you) will have to pay.
Tricia is driving 64 miles per hour on an interstate highway. She must make a quick stop because there is an emergency vehicle ahead. Find her total stopping distance. Round to the nearest tenth of a foot.
What is 268.8 feet?
What is 25.2 mph?
A car is originally worth $43,000. It takes 12 years for this car to totally depreciate.Find the years it will take for the car to be worth $20,000. Round to the nearest tenth of a year.
What is 6.5 years?
Determine the exponential depreciation rate, expressed as a percent to the nearest tenth of a percent, for a car that originally sells for $52,000 when new, but depreciates exponentially to $45,000 after 32 months.
What is 5.3%?
Alexandra uses her car for business. Her tank was full when she started her trip, but she forgot to write down the odometer reading at the beginning of her trip. When her trip was over, the odometer read 13,020.5. Her car gets 25 MPG. When she filled up the tank with gas that cost $2.45 per gallon, her total bill for the trip was $35.28. Find her starting odometer reading.
What is 12,660.5?
The number of feet per second for a car traveling 68 miles per hour rounded to the nearest unit.
What is 100?
The measure of the middle ordinate of a yaw mark is 6 ft. The radius is 70 feet. This is the length of the chord? Round to the nearest tenth.