A balloon with a small leak loses 1% of its volume each day. If originally contains 24 liters of gas, what is the volume at the

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Reptile [31]

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A balloon with a small leak loses 1% of its volume each day. If originally contains 24 liters of gas, what is the volume at the

end of one week.

Mathematics

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Georgia [21] · Answer 1 · 2022-08-14T09:48:27+03:00

ANSWER

The volume at the end of one week will be 22.32 liters.

EXPLANATION

If the balloon with a small leak loses 1% of its volume each day, then by the end of one week, it will lose 7℅ of its volume.

If the balloon originally contains 24 liters of gas, then this corresponds to 100%.

The volume at the end of one week will correspond to (100-7)%=93%

The volume at the end of one week is

$= \frac{93}{100} \times 24$

$= \frac{2232}{100}$
$= 22.32 \: liters$