document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1104284>Question 1104284</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\">  please help me solve this mathematic finance question<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Water is leaking from a tank at the rate of 10% a day.if there are 6000 litres today, find<BR>\n" );
document.write( "   (a)how many litres will leak during the 5th day<BR>\n" );
document.write( "    (b) how many litres will leak during the 5 days?\r<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 #719036 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=KMST><B>KMST(5328)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=KMST><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=KMST><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=719036\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If 10% of the water initially in the tank is lost in one day,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the water lost in a day is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%2210%25%22=10%2F100=1%2F10=0.1 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%2210%25%22=10%2F100=1%2F10=0.1\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "of the water in the tank at the beginning of that day<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(or at the end of the day before).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The next day the tank will hold a fraction of the water it had at the end of the day before.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What fraction?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%22100%25%22-%2210%25%22=%2290%25%22=90%2F100=9%2F10=0.9 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%22100%25%22-%2210%25%22=%2290%25%22=90%2F100=9%2F10=0.9\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "So, by the end of the first day, the volume of water, in litres, in the tank will be<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=6000%2A0.9 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"6000%2A0.9\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > .<BR>\n" );
document.write( "By the end of the second day, it will be <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=6000%2A0.9%2A0.9=6000%2A0.9%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"6000%2A0.9%2A0.9=6000%2A0.9%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > .<BR>\n" );
document.write( "It will be <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=6000%2A0.9%5E3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"6000%2A0.9%5E3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > by the end of the third day, and so on.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "By the end of the fourth day, the volume of water, in litres, in the tank will be<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=6000%2A0.9%5E4=6000%2A0.6561=3936.6 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"6000%2A0.9%5E4=6000%2A0.6561=3936.6\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > .<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then, the volume of water, in litres, that will leak during the fifth day is 10% of that, or<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "By the end of the fifth day, the tank will hold<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3936.6L-393.66L=3542.94L ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3936.6L-393.66L=3542.94L\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > .<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If the tank contained <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%226000.00+L%22 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%226000.00+L%22\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > of water at the beginning,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "over the course of the five days it would have lost<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%226000.00+L%22-3542.94L=highlight%282457.06L%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%226000.00+L%22-3542.94L=highlight%282457.06L%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > of water.<BR>\n" );
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