1-(0.95)^n=0, what is n?

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1-(0.95)^n=0, what is n?

please help out! thank you!

2007-11-16 10:35:27 · 2 answers · asked by mercury 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics

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You have:
1 - (0.95)^n = 0

Rewrite this as:
1 = (0.95)^n

You could get more complicated from here, but it should be obvious that n must be zero (any non-zero number to the 0 power is 1).

n = 0

2007-11-16 10:43:00 · answer #1 · answered by Puzzling 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

n = 0

1 - 1 = 0
0.95^n = 1
n = 0

2007-11-16 10:37:50 · answer #2 · answered by UnknownD 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋