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Question
a) What is the decay factor?
b) What is the percent decrease?
c) Estimate the number of black and white TV's sold in 1999.
Answer:
a. Decay factor = 0.85
b. Percent decrease = 15%
c. 19.363 million TVs were sold
Step-by-step explanation:
Given

Solving (a): The decay factor
An exponential function has the form

Where b is:

By comparison:

Solving (b): Percentage decrease:
Percentage decrease P is calculated as follows:

Substitute 0.85 for b


Convert to percentage


Solving (c): TVs sold in 1999
First, we need to determine the value of t for 1999
In 1997, t= 0
In 1998, t= 1
In 1999, t= 2
So, we substitute 2 for t in: 



Remark
Start by figuring this out for 1 car. Worry about the 7 part when you find 1.
This problem is used quite frequently in physics. For example resistors in parallel use the same equation.
Formula
1/frank + 1/carla + 1/missy = 1/ time taken to do 1 mar.
Givens
Frank = 2 hours
Carla = 2 hours
Missy = 3 hours.
Substitute and Solve
1/2 + 1/2 + 1/3 = 1/Three_together.
3/6 + 3/6 + 2/6 = 1/Three_together.
8/6 = 1/Three_together. Cross multiply
8 * Three_Together = 6*1
8 * Three_Together = 6 Divide by 8
Three_Together = 6/8 = 3/4 = 0.75 hours. or 45 minutes for 1 car
Seven Cars
For 7 cars multiply 0.75 by 7
7 * 0.75 = 5.25 hours. <<<< Answer