Question

Please help me!! It’s a test!!

A carbon filter is used by a scientist to filter out small particles of soil and rocks from
a water sample taken from a stream. The exponential function F(x) = 500(0.35) can
be used to model the function. Which of the following could be represented by the
value 500 in the function rule?

Answer 1

The number of particles of soil and rock particles found in the water.

Explanation:

Since we are filtering out small particles of soil and rocks, then we can assume that they are being reduced greatly with each filter. So we can assume that since the 500 is being reduced by 65%, then the 500 is the only other thig being reduced, which in this case is the particles of soil and rocks.