A $20,000 business computer depreciates at a rate of 15% per year. What equation would model the value of the computer?

Step-by-step explanation:

We will use the formula for compound interest here

where

   A=future value  for any sum

   P=present value of the sum

   r= yearly interest rate, it should be expressed in  decimal

   t=time period , it should be in years

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given in the problem

p = $20,000

r = 15% (in decimal 15/100 = 0.15)

t is the time for which equation is to be model to find future value p

since, rate is for depreciation we need to take negative value of rate as value for computer will decrease

thus

r = -0.15

using the above values in formula  

Thus, model  equation for the value of the computer is

equal to

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mean or average is 40.6