Answer:
n=13
Step-by-step explanation:
24=3(n-5)
24=3n-15
-3n=-24-15
-3n=-39
n=13
Answer:
20 green pencils
Step-by-step explanation:
The difference between black and green "ratio units" is 7 -5 = 2. The difference between red and blue ratio units is 3 -2 = 1. The sum of those differences is 2 +1 = 3 ratio units, which represent 12 pencils. Then each ratio unit represents 12/3 = 4 pencils.
The 5 ratio units of green pencils represent 5·4 pencils = 20 green pencils.
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If you need an equation, you can use k as the constant of proportionality. Then the sum of differences described is ...
(7k -5k) + (3k -2k) = 12
3k = 12 . . . . simplify
k = 4 . . . . . . divide by 3
5k = 5·4 = 20 . . . . . number of green pencils
Answer:
35.4 years
Step-by-step explanation:
The annual consumption (in billions of units) is described by the exponential function ...
f(t) = 45.5·1.026^t
The accumulated consumption is described by the integral ...

We want to find t such that the value of this integral is 2625, the estimated oil reserves.
2625 = 45.5/ln(1.026)·(1.026^t -1)
2625·ln(1.026)/45.5 +1 = 1.026^t ≈ 1.480832 +1 = 1.026^t
Taking natural logs, we have ...
ln(2.480832) = t·ln(1.026)
t ≈ ln(2.480832)/ln(1.026) ≈ 35.398
After about 35.4 years, the oil reserves will run out.