Megan purchased a new gadget for her technology hobby. she plans to sell it sometime in the future, however, its value depreciates monthly. the expression below shows the depreciated sales value of the gadget: 2020 – 22m what does the variable of the expression represent? the monthly depreciation value of the gadget. the amount of money megan will get when she sells the gadget. the number of months megan will wait to sell the gadget. the original value of the gadget.

"The number of months Megan will wait to sell the gadget."

Step-by-step explanation:

It says in the original question, "She plans to sell it sometime in the future, however, its value depreciates monthly."

This means that the value depends on the number of month she holds on to it. Hence, the variable with which the value is attached, is the number of months.

So in the equation , represents the number of months Megan holds on to the gadget.

Looking at the answer choices, the third choice is correct: "The number of months Megan will wait to sell the gadget."

3. The number of months Megan will wait to sell the gadget.

Step-by-step explanation:

We have been given that Megan purchased a new gadget for her technology hobby. She plans to sell it sometime in the future, however, its value depreciates monthly.

The expression below shows the depreciated sales value of the gadget:

From above expression we can see that gadget's original value is $2020 and its value falls by $22 every month and m represents the number of months after which Megan will sell her gadget.

Therefore, the variable m represents the number of months Megan will wait to sell the gadget and 3rd option is the correct choice.  

the answer to the expression is 83