Question

Ronald bought a car for $2,500. The value of the car depreciates by 6 percent each year. Which function type best represents this problem? Quadratic Exponential Can't be determined Linear

Answer 1

Exponential

Explanation:

If the depreciation is 6% of the current value each year, the function is exponential. (We believe this is the intent of the problem statement.)

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If the depreciation is 6% of the original value each year, the function is linear.

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Comment on percent

Whenever you're working with percentages, you need to be clear about what it is a percentage of.