Question 1021071:  A $100,000 house appreciates at a rate of $3500 a year.    
a.Find the equation that models the value of the house in y dollars after x years.  
b.Find the value of the house in 12 years.  
c.How many years from now will the value of the house be $124,500? 
 
 
 Answer by Cromlix(4381)      (Show Source): 
You can  put this solution on YOUR website! Hi there, 
3500/100,000 x 100 = 3.5% 
3.5% appreciation = 100 + 3.5 
= 103.5% = 1.035/100 = 1.035 
a) y x 1.035^x 
b) $100,000 x 1.035^12 
   $151,106.87. 
c) $124,500 = 100,000 x 1.035^x 
124,500/100,000 = 1.035^x 
1.245 = 1.035^x 
log 1.245 = x log1.035 
x = log 1.245/log 1.035 
x = 6.37 years 
Hope this helps :-) 
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