A certain bean plant grows 15 % of it's height each day a.express this percent as a decimal b.today after 10 days the plant is 27inches tall. how tall was it yesterday

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A certain bean plant grows 15 % of it's height each day

a.express this percent as a decimal

b.today after 10 days the plant is 27inches tall. how tall was it yesterday

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A. 0.15
B. I think I was 23.4781 inches.
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Troy Mitchel answered Nov 22, 2015

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a) 0.15
b) approximately 23.71 inches

27=1.15^10*x
27= approx 4x
27/4=x
x= approximately 23.71 inches

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