Depreciation

Problem:

Solution:

Part a)

0	17100
2	13544.91	-3555.09	-1777.545
4	10728.92321	-2815.986789	-703.9966973
6	8498.380075	-2230.543136	-371.7571893

Part b)

$ b(r) = 17100 (0.89)^r $

Part c)

The average rate of change of the value of Michael's car with respect to the umber of years since he purchased the car is decreasing.

Part d)

(b(10) - b(2)) / 8