SOLUTION: The linear equation y=-1,500x + 15,750 can be used to approximate the resale value of a pickup truck in dollars, where x represents the number of years after its initial purchase.
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: The linear equation y=-1,500x + 15,750 can be used to approximate the resale value of a pickup truck in dollars, where x represents the number of years after its initial purchase. After how many years will the vakue of the truck fall to $6,750?
This question is from textbook Beginning and Intermediate Algebra
Answer by checkley71(8403) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
6750=-1500X+15750
1500X=15750-6750
1500X=9000
X=9000/1500
X=5 YEARS FOR THE TRUCK TO BE WORTH $6750.
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