A new car is purchased for 16600 dollars. The value of the car depreciates at 9.75% per year. What will the value of the car be, to the nearest cent, after 8 years?

Verified Answer :

The value of the car is $7306.10 after 8 years.

Given

A new car is purchased for 16600 dollars.

The value of the car depreciates at 9.75% per year.

What is depreciation?

Depreciation denotes an accounting method to decrease the cost of an asset.

To get the depreciation of a partial year, you need to calculate the depreciation a full year first.

The formula to calculate depreciation is given by;

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Where V represents the depreciation r is the rate of interest and t is the time.

Substitute all the values in the formula;

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Hence, the value of the car is $7306.10 after 8 years.

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