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Day 7 Applications of Solving Exponentials PDF
Day 7 Applications of Solving Exponentials PDF
7 Applications of Solving Exponentials
Applications of Solving Exponentials
Ex.#1 A medium coffee at Tim Horton's contains about 140mg of
caffeine. The halflife of caffeine in the bloodstream is about
5.5 hours. Gary orders a medium coffee forgetting that if he
has more than 50mg of caffeine in his system, he will have
difficulty going to sleep. If he finished the coffee at 6:00pm,
when should he be able to fall asleep?
Ex.#2 A plastic sun visor allows light to pass through but
reduces the light's intensity by 5% for every mm of
thickness. How thick must the plastic be in order to
block 60% of the light?
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Day 7 Applications of Solving Exponentials
HOMEWORK: p.375 #3,8,9acd,1316a