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Answer:
560 boxes
Step-by-step explanation:
.25 * 1.75 * 2.5 = 1.09375
1/8 ^3 = 0.001953125
1.09375/0.001953125 = 560
Likely
6000 hours is over the mean average, but it is not impossible that it will not happen.
This is an exponential equation that can be represented by the following:
f(x) = a(b)^x
In this case...
25143 = a(0.66)^3
25143 is the population after 3 hours.
3 is the amount of time in hours.
0.66 represents the percent of the population remaining after each hour (66% as there is a 34% decline each hour).
We must solve for a, which is the initial population.
First, simplify (0.66)^3 to 0.2874.
25143 = 0.2874a
Now divide both sides by 0.2874 to isolate a.
a = 87455
There were initially 87,455 people within the city. I wouldn't want to be in that place!
