SOLUTION: Linear Growth 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

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Question 1041128: Linear Growth
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,
PN = PN − 1 + 9 and P0 = 16.
a) Give an explicit description for PN . ______________________
b) Find P130 .
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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P%5Bn%5D for pounds of the waste after n months.

Quantity produced is quantity stored.
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. P%5B0%5D=16.

P%5Bn%5D=9n%2B16, which is the same form as y=mx%2Bb, slope-intercept form for a line.