SOLUTION: A baker Has 400kg of flour on the first day of the month and uses no flour that day. How much will he have at closing time on the 17th day of the month, if he uses 24kg each day ?
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Question 1155578: A baker Has 400kg of flour on the first day of the month and uses no flour that day. How much will he have at closing time on the 17th day of the month, if he uses 24kg each day ?
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I need steps pleasee Answer by ikleyn(52787) (Show Source):
What he has each day (at the end of each day) is shown in this table
Day 1 2 3 4
Amount 400 400-24 400-2*24 400-3*24
This sequence is an Arithmetic progression (AP) with the first term = 400 and the common difference d = -24.
What he will have at the end of the 17-th day, is the 17-th term of this progression
= + (17-1)*d = 400 + 16*(-24) = 400 - 16*24 = 16 kilograms of flour. ANSWER
