SOLUTION: 1:A car losses one half of its value during first year of usage and thereafter loses of its value in each year.calculate it's book value at the end of three year (gives its value a
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Question 1188414: 1:A car losses one half of its value during first year of usage and thereafter loses of its value in each year.calculate it's book value at the end of three year (gives its value as the percentage of original value) Found 2 solutions by math_tutor2020, ikleyn:Answer by math_tutor2020(3817) (Show Source):
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x = original value
0.5x = half of the original value = value after 1 year
0.5*(0.5x) = 0.25x = value after 2 years
0.5*(0.25x) = 0.125x = value after 3 years
Each time we progress year, multiply the previous value by 1/2 = 0.5
We end up with 0.125x which is 12.5% of the original value.
Note that 0.125 = 1/8 = (1/2)^3
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A car losses one half of its value during first year of usage and thereafter loses of its value
in each year. calculate it's book value at the end of three year (gives its value as the percentage of original value)
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