A bus was purchased for $80,000. Assuming the bus depreciates at a rate of $6,000 per year (straight-line depreciation) for the first 10 years, write the value v of the bus as a function of the time t (measured in years) for 0 ¡Ü t ¡Ü 10.

Question

v(t)= _____

Answer 1

it drops 6000/year, so you will have -6000t in there somewhere.

v started at 80000

That should do it.