Question #313877

a machine starts production of matchboxes at the rate of 12000 per hour. The rate of production decreases by 40% every hour. Calculate the total nimber of matchboxes produced in first 2 hours



Is it an arithmetic progression or geometric progression??



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Expert's answer
2022-03-19T02:36:29-0400

In the first hour produced 1200012000 units.

In the second hour produced 12000(10.4)=720012000(1-0.4)=7200 units.

The total number of matchboxes produced in first 2 hours: 12000+7200=1920012000+7200=19200 .

This is a geometric progression with a1=12000,r=0.6.a_1=12000, r=0.6.


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