Question

Megan purchased a new gadget for her technology hobby. She plans to sell it sometime in the future, however, its value depreciates monthly. The expression below shows the depreciated sales value of the gadget: 2020 – 22m What does the second term of the expression represent?

Answer 1

The second term defines the value that will be depreciated by the rate of 22 units for m months.

Explanation:

Given is :

The value of the gadget after 'm' months = 2020 - 22m

This expression tells us that, each month Meghan's gadget's price falls by 22 units from the original value.

The original value of the gadget is 2020 units.

Therefore, the constant term (2020 )of the expression represents the original value of the gadget,

And the second term defines the value that will be depreciated by the rate of 22 units for m months. And m defines the number of months Meghan will keep the gadget.