Answer:
Small box weighs 13.75 kg & large box weighs 15.75 kg
Step-by-step explanation:
We can write 2 simultaneous equation and solve for weight of each box.
<em>Let weight of large box be l and small box be s.</em>
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"<u>3 large boxes and 5 small boxes has a total weight of 116 kilograms</u>":
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"<u>9 large boxes and 7 small boxes has a total weight of 238 kilograms</u>":
<em>Now we can solve for l in the 1st equation and put it into 2nd equation and get s:</em>
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<em>now,</em>
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<em>now we plug in 13.75 into s into equation of l to find s:</em>
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So we want to know what percentage of bees would survive a virus after 19 days of decay if the bee population has a half life of 5 days. So every 5 days 50% of bees die. Lets say that N is the number of bees before the virus. So after 5 days is 50% less bees, so 50% of N remains. After another 5 days again, 50% bees die, and 50% out of 50% is 25%. So after 10 days, 25% of bees remain or 25%N or 0.25*N. After another 5 days its 12.5 % of bees remain or 0.125*N. And after 4 days 40% more bees die. And that is 0.4*0.125*N = 0.05N. 0.05*100% is 5%. So after 19 days, 5% of bees remain and 95% of bees is dead.
