1: Billy Bought a car for $20,000. Most cars tend to depreciate in value over time. After1 year Billy's car was valued at $15,000. After 2 years the value of the car was $11,250. Write a formula for Billy's car value. fox) = 20,000(,75) Is the car decreasing in value at a constant rate? Is the car decreasing in value at a constant ratio? Explain your answer. Suppose that Billy owned his car for 10 years and then decided to sell it. What might be a fair price for the car? Explain how you got your answer.

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Applying Exponential Functions
1: Billy Bought a car for $20,000. Most cars tend to depreciate in value over time. After 1 year Billy's
car was valued at $15,000. After 2 years the value of the car was $11,250. Write a formula for Billy's
car value.
fox) = 20,000(.75)
Is the car decreasing in value at a constant rate? Is the car decreasing in value at a constant ratio?
Explain your answer.
Suppose that Billy owned his car for 10 years and then decided to sell it. What might be a fair price
for the car? Explain how you got your answer.
2: Minnie has put S15.000 into a savings account. She fownd.a bank that offers a ragle
interest
Transcribed Image Text:Applying Exponential Functions 1: Billy Bought a car for $20,000. Most cars tend to depreciate in value over time. After 1 year Billy's car was valued at $15,000. After 2 years the value of the car was $11,250. Write a formula for Billy's car value. fox) = 20,000(.75) Is the car decreasing in value at a constant rate? Is the car decreasing in value at a constant ratio? Explain your answer. Suppose that Billy owned his car for 10 years and then decided to sell it. What might be a fair price for the car? Explain how you got your answer. 2: Minnie has put S15.000 into a savings account. She fownd.a bank that offers a ragle interest
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