Kathy purchased a new car for $37,800. From her research she has determined that it straight-line depreciates over 14 years. She made a$7,000 down payment and pays $710 per month for her car loan.
a. create an expense and depreciation function where x represents the number of months.
b. graph these functions on the same axes
c. interpret the region before, at, and after the intersection point in the context of this situation.

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