Michelle buys a motorcycle for $10,000. The motorcycle loses 20% of its value each year. The depreciation of the motorcycle is shown by the graph. After how many years is the value of the motorcycle worth $6400?

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anonymous · Answer

we can do it without the graph, although i guess you are supposed to use it
do you have it?

anonymous · Answer

in one year it is worth $10,000\times .8=8,000$
in two years it is worth $8,000\times .8=6,400$  so we see the answer is in two years, even without the graph