Elizabeth plans on buying a new car for $25,000. The model she is looking at depreciates at a rate of 8.5% per year. Elizabeth plans on keeping the car for t years, or as long as it is worth more than $15,000.
Create the inequality that represents the amount of time Elizabeth will own the car, and then use it to answer the question below.
_______ ( ___ ) ^ t > _______
25,000____0.85______25,000
9,150 _____0.915_______9,150
8,500_____0.085_______8,500
15,000_____0.25_______15,000