SOLUTION: The area of a large puddle is evaporating at the rate 25% each hour. At 12:00 noon the diameter of the puddle was 3.02 meters. A. Complete the table below.( hint: if 25% evapora

Question 113896: The area of a large puddle is evaporating at the rate 25% each hour. At 12:00 noon the diameter of the puddle was 3.02 meters.
A. Complete the table below.( hint: if 25% evaporates in 1 hour, how much of the puddle remains?)
Hours after 12:00 noon 0 1 2 3
Area of puddle (cm2)
B. Write an equation for the area of the puddle in terms of the number of hours after 12:00 noon.
C. How large is the puddle at midnight?
D. Predict when the puddle is less than 100 square centimeters.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
3.02 m = 302 cm
radius = 151 cm
Area of puddle =
cm2
B.cm2 where n is number of hours since noon
C.cm2
cm2
cm2
D.

hrs
Thats about 10:50 AM next day, I think
Maybe I made mistake(s), but that's my method
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