Question
A man retires at age so with 605000 in savings. He spends his savings at a steady rate,and after 6 years of retirement he has spent 300,000 Write an equation for the amount the man has in savings When does he have 100,000 in savings?
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Answer
### 10.1 years
Explanation
## Step 1: Calculate the rate of spending.### The man spent
\frac{\
50,000
S
t
605,000. The rate of spending is
S = 605000 - 50000t
100,000.### We want to find
when
. Substitute
into the equation:
. Solving for
:
, so
. Thus,
years.