Gaston owns a bakery, La Vie en Rose, in medieval France. For his specialty, baguettes, Gaston recently purchased 40 kilograms (kg) of a premium flour: 10 bags, each containing 4 kg. Gaston assumed the flour would last for 5 weeks. At the end of the first week, he realized that he had used 10% of the flour. If Gaston continues to use 10% of the flour on hand each week, which equation represents the amount of flour Gaston had at the end of 5 weeks? Let f represent the amount of flour that Gaston had after 5 weeks of baking.
A. f = 40(5)(1 - 0.1)
B. f = 40(0.1)5 <--- that five is an exponent
C. f = 40(1 - 0.1)5 <--- that five is an exponent
D. f = 40 (5)(- 0.1)
2006-10-03 10:39:02 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
10% of 10 bags means one bag a week.
After 5 weeks, he'd use 5 of the 10 bags
That would leave him 20 kg of flour
2006-10-03 12:50:00 · answer #1 · answered by upf_geelong 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋