Question

Megan purchased a new gadget for her technology hobby. She plans to sell it sometime in the future; however, its value depreciates monthly. The expression shows the depreciated sales value of the gadget:

2,020 − 22m

What does the variable of the expression represent?

The monthly depreciation value of the gadget
The amount of money Megan will get when she sells the gadget
The number of months Megan will wait to sell the gadget
The original value of the gadget

Answer 1

Am I right with C?

Answer 2

@extrinix

Answer 3

That’s correct

Because the value is a function of months, it makes sense to let m = # of months

Answer 4

That is correct because in the problem the variable M represents the number of months