Answer
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Work Step by Step
Let $x$ be the number of thousands of miles driven. Then the depth is: $8-0.12x$.
So when the depth is $2$, then: $2=8-0.12x\\6=0.12x\\x=50$.
Thus it will be like that after $50$ thousand miles.
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