document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=248628>Question 248628</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help really stumped! Approximately one-third 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<BR>\n" );
document.write( "N(t)=310,000(1/2)^t<BR>\n" );
document.write( "After how many years will 60,000 bottles still be in use?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #181171 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josmiceli><B>josmiceli(19441)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josmiceli><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=josmiceli><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=181171\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The 1st part of the problem seems to say that 2/3 of the bottles<BR>\n" );
document.write( "are still in use after 1 year, but the formula seems to say that<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1/2 of the bottles are still in use after 1 year. I'm stumped, too </SPAN>\n" );
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