What is the decay rate of 4(0.97)^t

Mrs. avila is buying a wallpaper border to go on all of her kitchen walls. she wants to buy 5 extra feet of wallpaper border than she needs to be sure she has enough. she buys 55.5 feet of the border. the store owner selling the border uses the width of mrs. avila's kitchen to determine that the length of her kitchen must be 14.5 feet.

Sioux co. replaced the roof on its existing building, therefore increasing the building's life by 10 years. the cost of the roof is considered a(n):

Renee hiked for 6 3/4 miles. after resting, renee hiked back along the same route for 5 1/4 miles. how many more miles does renee need to hike to return to the place where she started? represent your answer as a simplified mixed number, if necessary.