document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1192856>Question 1192856</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Suppose you want to buy a new car and are trying to choose between two models:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Model A: costs $16,500 and its gas mileage is 25 miles per gallon and its insurance is $250 per year.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Model B: costs $24,500 and its gas mileage is 40 miles per gallon and its insurance is $450 per year.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If you drive approximately 40,000 miles per year and the gas costs $3 per gallon:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find a formula for the total cost of owning Model A where the number of years you own the car is represented by x.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Find a formula for the total cost of owning Model B where the number of years is the independent variable.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Find the total cost for each model for the first five years.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If you plan to keep the car for 4 years, which model is more economical? What about if you plan to keep it for 6 years?Find the number of years<BR>\n" );
document.write( "in which the total cost to keep the two cars will be the same.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Identify the number of months where neither car holds a cost of ownership advantage.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What effect would the cost of gas doubling have on cost of ownership? Graph or show hand calculations.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If you can sell either car for 40% of its value at any time, how does the analysis change? Graph or show hand calculations. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Too many questions.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A novel can be 100 pages or longer.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A Math problem is, usually, no more than 5 lines of the standard text.\r<BR>\n" );
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