SOLUTION: I need help, please! Approximately one-half of all glass bottles distributed will be recycled each year. A beverage company distributes 310,000 bottles. The number still in use af

Question 327119: I need help, please!
Approximately one-half of all glass bottles distributed will be recycled each year. A beverage company distributes 310,000 bottles. The number still in use after t years is given by the function N(t)=310,000 (1/2)^t

After how many years will 5000 bottles still be in use?
Answer by galactus(183) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Set the given equation equal to 5000 and solve for t.

years.
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