document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=891643>Question 891643</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The time it takes for an airplane production company to produce x number of their planes is given by 150x^-0.322(in thousand work-hours). How many work-hours will it take the production company to build their fifty-fifth airplane?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I do not understand this at all.  Can someone please explain this to me? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "just substitute for x the given number (55) airplanes then calculate the expression to get the answer in thousands of work hours.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "150x^-0.322=150*55^-0.322)=150/(55^0.322)=41.28 thousand work hours </SPAN>\n" );
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