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: Hi Tutor,
I am having a difficult time with this problem.
B=8600(3)^x where x is time in days. Need to find x=0 and x=5
Please help! This question is from textbook Basic Technical Mathematics

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B=8600(3)^x where x is time in days. Need to find x=0 and x=5
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x=0 is easy, any number with an exponent of 0 is = to 1
B = 8600 * 1
:
B = 8600(3^5)
Find 3^5; 3*3*3*3*3*3 - 243
B = 8600(243)
B = 2,089,800