SOLUTION: please help me solve this: theresa has 16kg of dog food. each day she feeds her dogs 2/3 kg of dog food. write an equation to show the amount of dog food theresa has after x days.

Question 1020583: please help me solve this: theresa has 16kg of dog food. each day she feeds her dogs 2/3 kg of dog food. write an equation to show the amount of dog food theresa has after x days.
Found 2 solutions by robertb, MathTherapy:
Answer by robertb(5830) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let x = # of days passed.
At x = 0, the amount remaining is 16 kg.
At x = 1, the amount remaining is kg
At x = 2, the amount remaining is kg
At x = 3, the amount remaining is kg
By induction it follows that

if we let A(X) be the amount of dog food remaining after x days.
Answer by MathTherapy(10555) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
please help me solve this: theresa has 16kg of dog food. each day she feeds her dogs 2/3 kg of dog food. write an equation to show the amount of dog food theresa has after x days.

, with R being the remainder after d days
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