After each charging, a battery is able to hold only 96% of the charge from the previous charging. The battery was used for 10 hours on its first charge before it had to be recharged. What is the total number of hours the battery can be used over its lifetime?

250 hours

Step-by-step explanation:

The first charge is 10 hours, the second charge is 10(0.96) hours, and so on -- the total of these two is 10+10(0.96)  and we need to keep adding our battery usage up until there is no more battery. The third one is 10(0.96)*(0.96), or 10(0.96)².

This can be seen as a geometric series, with 10 as the first tern, or a, and 0.96 as the common ratio, or r. The sum of this is

, with n being the number of terms. Since 0.96 to the power of n never actually reaches 0 no matter how high n goes if the number is not infinite, we can say n is infinity. As r^n is really close to 0 when n equals infinity (so close that, for our purposes in this equation, we can just assume it's 0), our equation is then

answer: 4/6 =5/7.5

step-by-step explanation: it is based on scale and the scale between the two is 1.25. the answer is correct but i dont know if i explained it right

step-by-step explanation:

here's what happens:

1) the graph of f   = x^2 is shifted 2 units to the right.

2) the resulting graph is reflected in the x-axis, so that the parabola now opens down.

3) this final result is transformed up by 5 units.