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document.write( "1.  A nuclear power plant produces 9 pounds of radioactive waste every month.  The radioactive waste is stored in a special storage tank.  The tank initially has 16 pounds of radioactive waste in the tank.  PN  represents the amount of radioactive waste (in pounds) in the storage tank after N months.  Thus,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "PN  = PN &#8722; 1  + 9   and P0  = 16.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a)  Give an explicit description for PN .  					______________________\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b) Find P130 .<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 #656071 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39617)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=656071\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=P%5Bn%5D ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"P%5Bn%5D\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > for pounds of the waste after n months.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Quantity produced is quantity stored.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Nine pounds produced per month is a rate;  The independent variable is time, n, in months.  At count of 0 months, already is stored, 16 pounds of waste.  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=P%5B0%5D=16 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"P%5B0%5D=16\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=P%5Bn%5D=9n%2B16 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"P%5Bn%5D=9n%2B16\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, which is the same form as <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y=mx%2Bb ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y=mx%2Bb\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, slope-intercept form for a line. </SPAN>\n" );
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