Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:
The above question is in the form of an exponential decay. The equation for an exponential decay is given by:

where y and x are variables, b < 1, a is the initial value of y (that is the value of y when x = 0).
Let y represent the number of trees left and x represent the number of months. Given that there is currently 2.5 billion trees, therefore a = 2.5 * 10⁹, b = 0.5% = 0.005. The equations becomes:

Hello,
Adding the 2 equations,
x+y+x-y=k+k ==>2x=2k==>x=k
if x=k, y=k-k=0
solution is (k,0)
Answer: 2.5 hours
Step-by-step explanation: 23.75 divided by 9.5
3x-13=2
move -13 to the other side
sign changes from -13 to +13
3x-13+13=2+13
3x=2+13
3x=15
divide both sides by 3 to get x by itself
3x/3=15/3
cross out 3 and 3, divide by 3 and then becomes 1*1*x=x
x=15/3
x=5
answer:
x=5