SOLUTION: Due to melting, an ice sculpture loses one-half its weight every hour. After 8 hours, it weighs 5/16 of a pound. How much did it weigh in the beginning. I did 5/16+8 and put the

Question 362889: Due to melting, an ice sculpture loses one-half its weight every hour. After 8 hours, it weighs 5/16 of a pound. How much did it weigh in the beginning.
I did 5/16+8 and put the fraction into decimal form then added the two together and got 8.3125. Then its says 1/2 of the that is lost in weight. Now I multiplied the 8.3125 to .05(The decimal of 1/2) then got 4.15625. I dont know if that is correct or what and i used samdep instead of pemdas its pemdas backwards because it says to solve backwards using asmdep.
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let's say it weighed to start.
After hour, it weighs
After hours, it weighs
After hours, it weighs
After hours, it weighs
After hours, it weighs
After hours, it weighs
After hours, it weighs
After hours, it weighs
But you know that

So then,

lbs
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You could also work it backwards,
After hours it weighs lb.
After hours it weighed lb.
After hours it weighed lb.
After hours it weighed lb.
After hours it weighed lb.
After hours it weighed lb.
After hours it weighed lb.
After hours it weighed lb.
After hours it weighed lb.

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