SOLUTION: Each year a tree grows 5cm less than it did the presiding year. If it grew by 1m in the first year, in how many years will it have ceased growing ?

Question 722582: Each year a tree grows 5cm less than it did the presiding year. If it grew by 1m in the first year, in how many years will it have ceased growing ?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39616) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
YEAR_________________________GROWTH, meters
1____________________________1.00
2____________________________
3____________________________
.
.
n____________________________

The question requires finding what is n when the n-th expression equals zero.
, solve for n.
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