Question

the company for ocean has already cleared the Earth oceans of 125 million pounds of trash they are committed to picking up exactly 550 lb of trash per day ? write an equation to represent P pounds of trash removed as a function of number of d days past how many years have passed if the the company for ocean has a total of 125,602,250 counts cleared from the ocean ?

Answer 1

The company is commited to picking 550 lbs of trash per day and has already collected 125 million pounds.

The equation that represents the number of pounds of trash removed per days (d) that have passed is:

P(d) = 125000000 + 550 * d

Therefore, if the company has cleared 125,602,250 pounds, then we can find the number of days that went by using the equation we created as shown below:

125602250 = 125000000 + 550 * d

subtract 125000000 from both sides:

602250 = 550 * d

divide bothe sides by 550 to solve for d

602250 / 550 = d

Therefore d = 1095 days

Now we can convert this number into years by dividing by 365

total number of years = 1095/365 = 3 years