In the year 2010, Xavier's car had a value of $22,000. When he bought the car in 2006 he paid $28,000. If the value of the cardepreciated linearly, what was the annual rate of change of the car's value? Round your answer to the nearest hundredth if necessary.

Respuesta :

The annual rate of change is given by:

[tex]A\mathrm{}R\mathrm{}C=\frac{f(b)-f(a)}{b-a}[/tex][tex]\begin{gathered} A\mathrm{}R\mathrm{}C=\frac{22000-28000}{2010-2006} \\ A\mathrm{}R\mathrm{}C=\frac{-6000}{4}=-1500 \end{gathered}[/tex]

Hence, the annual rate of change is -1500 dollars/year, meaning the car depreciates/loses value by an amount of 1500 dollars