Geometric progression - practice problems - page 7 of 13
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- Exponential decay
A tank contains 55 liters of water. Water is flowing out at the rate of 7% per minute. How long does it take to drain the tank?
- Hiking trip
Rosie went on a hiking trip. On the first day, she walked 18 kilometers. Each day since she walked 90 percent of what she had walked the day before. What is the total distance Rosie has traveled by the end of the 10th day? Please round your final answer t
- The half life
The half-life of a radioactive isotope is the time it takes for a quantity of the isotope to be reduced to half its initial mass. Starting with 145 grams of a radioactive isotope, how much will be left after three half-lives?
- Half of halves
We cut half of the square off, then half of the rest, etc. Five cuts we made in this way. What part of the area of the original square is the area of the cut part?
- Entrepreneur 22941
Entrepreneur Zahourek deposited 450,000 into the bank's account with 4.5% annual interest. Calculate the amount on the deposit account after three years.
- Calculate 22653
The first term is 5 in a geometric sequence, and the quotient is 4. Calculate the 4th, 6th, and 10th members of this sequence.
- Savings
The depositor regularly wants to invest the same amount of money in the financial institution at the beginning of the year and wants to save 10,000 euros at the end of the tenth year. What amount should he deposit if the annual interest rate for the annua
- Five element
The geometric sequence is given by quotient q = 1/2 and the sum of the first six members S6 = 63. Find the fifth element a5.
- Volume of wood
Every year, at the same time, an increase in the volume of wood in the forest is measured. The increase is regularly p% compared to the previous year. If in 10 years the volume of wood has increased by 10%, what is the number p?
- Growth of wood
The annual growth of wood in the forest is estimated at 2%. In how many years will make the forest volume double?
- Five harvests
In the seed company, they know that, out of 100 grains of a new variety, they get an average of 2000 grains after harvest. Approximately how many grains do they get out of 100 grains after five crops?
- Pilsen circus
A city citizen saw the circus's arrival in Pilsen in the morning at 08:00. He passed this information at 08:15 to three other city residents. Each of these three people then informed the other three residents at 08:30, and again at 08:45, they reported th
- Pilsen Region
Between 2000 and 2001, 14 per mille of the population decreased in the Pilsen Region. In 2000, the Pilsen Region had 551281 inhabitants. If the declining trend continues the same (i.e., 14 per mille of inhabitants per year), how many inhabitants will the
- Reducing balance method
A company buys an item having a useful life of 10 years for 1,000,000. If the company depreciates the item by the reducing balance method, a. find the depreciation for the first year. b. Estimate the depreciation for the second and third years. c. What is
- Geometric progressiob
If the sum of four consecutive terms of a geometric progression is 80 and the arithmetic mean of the second and fourth terms is 30, then find terms.
- GP - three members
The second and third of a geometric progression are 24 and 12(c+1), respectively, given that the sum of the first three terms of progression is 76. determine the value of c.
- Six speeds
A drilling machine is to have six speeds ranging from 50 to 750 revolutions per minute. If the speed forms a geometric progression, determine their values.
- Three members GP
The sum of three numbers in GP (geometric progression) is 21, and the sum of their squares is 189. Find the numbers.
- Investment 2
Jack invested $5000 in a 5-month term deposit at 4.7% pa. At the end of the five months, Jack reinvested the maturity value from the first deposit into an 11-month term deposit at 7.3% pa. What is the maturity value at the end of the second term deposit?
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