Nancy is the proud owner of a new car. She paid $1,500 up front and took out a loan for the rest of the amount. The interest rate on the loan is 5%. If the total cost of buying the car (including the interest Nancy owes) is more than $16,213.02, how much money did Nancy borrow? Complete the steps below to solve the problem.

Part A
Assume that x represents the amount of money Nancy borrowed. Write an expression that represents the amount borrowed (the principal) plus the interest owed on that amount.

both equations and proportions are better.

a) 40 more; b) old factory:   10%, new factory:   16%; c) week 4

explanation:

a) at week 0, we see in the graph that the new factory produces 190 specialty items.  

using the function, substituting 0 in for w,

this is a difference of 230-190 = 40.

b) the function for the old factory is written in the form f(x) = a(1+r)ˣ, where a is the original amount, x is the amount of time and r is the growth rate.   the equation for the old factory is ; 230 is in place of a and is the original amount; w is the amount of time; which means 1+r = 1.1.   this means that r must be 0.1 or 10%.

for the new factory, we find the percent of increase to find the growth rate; the formula for this is

between the first two points, the amount of change is 220-190 = 30; this gives us

30/190 = 0.158 ≈ 0.16 = 16%

c) at week 0, the old factory has 230 while the new factory has 190.

at week 1, the old factory has 230(1.1) = 253 while the new factory has 220.

at week 2, the old factory has 230(1.1²) = 278.3 while the new factory has 252.

at week 3, the old factory has 230(1.1³) = 306.13 while the new factory has 290.

at week 4, the old factory has 230(1.1⁴) = 336.743 while the new factory has 337.   this is the first week that the new factory surpasses the old.

114 plus 113 times 2 and 114 times 3

you would make 33% into a decimal, which is 0.33 cents. add it to the   discounted price (aka $28.38). the answer is $28.71