Despite booming new car sales with their cha-ching sounds, the average age of vehicles on U.S. roads

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Despite booming new car sales with their cha-ching sounds, the average age of vehicles on U.S. roads is not going down. The bar graph shows the average price of new cars in the United States and the average age of cars on U.S. roads for two selected years. Exercises 5–6 are based on the information displayed by the graph.


In 2014, the average age of cars on U.S. roads was 11.3 years. For the period shown, this average age increased by approximately 0.2 year per year. If this trend continues, how many years after 2014 will the average age of vehicles on U.S. roads be 12.3 years? In which year will this occur?image

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College Algebra

ISBN: 9780134453262

7th Edition

Authors: Robert F Blitzer

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