SOLUTION: Patrick increases how far he cycles each week by 20%. If he cycled 60km in his first week, how many km did he travel in his fifth week?

SOLUTION: Patrick increases how far he cycles each week by 20%. If he cycled 60km in his first week, how many km did he travel in his fifth week?

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Question 993407: Patrick increases how far he cycles each week by 20%. If he cycled 60km in his first week, how many km did he travel in his fifth week?
Answer by Cromlix(4381) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hi there,
100% + 20 % = 120%
120% = 120/100 = 1.2
This is the factor.
The power is the number of weeks - 5
60 x 1.2^5
= 149.3 km.
Hope this helps :-)
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