One company buys a new bulldozer for $108250. the company depreciates the bulldozer linearly over its useful life of 16 years. its salvage value at the end of 16 years is $14650.
a) express the value of the bulldozer, v, as a function of how many years old it is, t. make sure to use function notation.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let t represent number of years.

We have been given that one company buys a new bulldozer for $108250. Its salvage value at the end of 16 years is $14650.

First of all, we will find depreciation in 16 years by subtracting final value from initial value.

Now, we will find depreciation per year for bulldozer by dividing total depreciation value by 16.

The value of bulldozer after t years, , would be initial value minus depreciation per year as:

Therefore, our required function would be .

all it means is function 3