document.write( "Question 1204285: With each stroke, a pump removes $\"1%2F6\"$ of the air in a container. After 6 strokes, what is the fraction of the original amount of air in the container that is left? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "After 1st stroke, 5/6   of the initial air mass remains;\r\n" );
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document.write( "After 2nd stroke,  of the initial air mass remains;\r\n" );
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document.write( "After 3rd stroke,  of the initial air mass remains;\r\n" );
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document.write( "After 4th stroke,  of the initial air mass remains;\r\n" );
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document.write( "After 5th stroke,  of the initial air mass remains;\r\n" );
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document.write( "After 6th stroke,  of the initial air mass remains, or  0.3349  of the initial air mass remains  (rounded).    ANSWER\r\n" );
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