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sequence and series math question?

a car is worth 38 500 and depreciates in value by 13.5% each year.

what is the car worth after 15 years?

1 year?

what is the value it lost after one year?

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  • rdwn
    Lv 4
    8 years ago
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    Hint: geometric series.

    formula for the n-th partial sum of geometric sequence: s(n) = a(1-r^n)/(1- r)

    where ''r'' is the common ration and 'a' is the first term in the geometric sequence.

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