SOLUTION: As more people entered the coffee shop, the number of pounds of coffee the employees had in stock decreased every hour. The function p(x)=0.4(.91)x models the number of pounds o

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Question 1128570: As more people entered the coffee shop, the number of pounds of coffee the employees had in stock decreased every hour.
The function p(x)=0.4(.91)x models the number of pounds of coffee in hundreds of pounds where x represents the number of hours since the trend has been observed.
What do the values in the function represent?
Select each correct answer.


There were 40 pounds of coffee in stock when the trend began.
The number of pounds of coffee in stock decreased by 91% each hour since the trend began.
There were 400 pounds of coffee in stock when the trend began.
The number of pounds of coffee in stock decreased by 9% each hour since the trend began.
There were 4000 pounds of coffee in stock when the trend began.

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As more people entered the coffee shop, the number of pounds of coffee the employees had in stock decreased every hour.
The function p(x)=0.4(.91)x models the number of pounds of coffee in hundreds of pounds where x represents the number
of hours since the trend has been observed.
What do the values in the function represent?
Select each correct answer.


There were 40 pounds of coffee in stock when the trend began.
The number of pounds of coffee in stock decreased by 91% each hour since the trend began.
There were 400 pounds of coffee in stock when the trend began.
The number of pounds of coffee in stock decreased by 9% each hour since the trend began.
There were 4000 pounds of coffee in stock when the trend began.
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The function in the condition is written incorrectly, as well as the explanations to its meaning (specifications) 
are presented incorrectly, too, and do not reflect any of optional answers.


Surely, I could be able to edit it, but I think that in such circumstances it is not my function - it is yours, the author, 
duty and responsibility.