We have been given that a huge ice glacier in the Himalayas initially covered an area of 45 square kilo-meters. The relationship between A, the area of the glacier in square kilo-meters, and t, the number of years the glacier has been melting, is modeled by the equation
.
To find the time it will take for the area of the glacier to decrease to 15 square kilo-meters, we will equate
and solve for t as:



Now we will switch sides:

Let us take natural log on both sides of equation.

Using natural log property
, we will get:










Therefore, it will take
years for area of the glacier to decrease to 15 square kilo-meters.
Answer:
227 sides
Step-by-step explanation:
The sum of the interior angles of a convex polygon is S=180(n-2) where n is the number of sides. If S=40500, then we have our equation 40500=180(n-2) and we can solve for n:
40500 = 180(n-2)
225 = n-2
227 = n
Therefore, the number of sides in the regular polygon is 227.
5/16 = n/80
bring 80 over to the other side to leave n alone. 80 then gets a multiplication sign in front of it.
5/16 x 80=n
5/16=0.3125
0.3125x80=25
n=25
hope this helps