Used Car Prices

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Maths Coursework

Used Car Prices

There are many factors that will strongly affect the price of a used car, such as the:

- make

- age

- engine size

- condition of the car

- mileage

- type of fuel used

- number of previous owners

Plan

I plan to investigate how mileage, engine size and age of the car will affect the second-hand selling price of a used car, as I believe that these are the most important factors that will have the greatest effect on the price.

- Firstly, I will analyse the data we have been given in the appendix.

- I will input this data on to a spreadsheet to aid my analysis.

- Using the 'Auto Filter' function I will group cars under their make, enabling for a fair comparison to be made between the price and the factors that will affect price.

- I will produce scatter graphs which will display the results in such a way that a trend can be spotted easily.

- From these trends I will make a few simple hypotheses, stating what I