Simplify the following expression as a monomial -51a to the 7th power / 17

In the field of thermodynamics, rankine is the unit used to measure temperature. one can convert temperature from celsius into rankine using the formula c= r/1.8 - 273, what is the temperature in celcius corresponding to r degrees rankine.

Element x decays radioactively with a half life of 8 minutes. if there are 450 grams of element x, how long, to the nearest tenth of a minute, would it take the element to decay to 37 grams?

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