Acomputer purchased for $1,650 loses 19% of its value every year.
the computer's value can be modeled by the function v(t)=a⋅b^t, where v is the dollar value and t the number of years since purchase.
(a) in the exponential model a= and b= .
(b) in how many years will the computer be worth half its original value? round answer to 1 decimal place.
the answer years

30 points! here is a you are the new manager at trusty goods wholesale produce. you need to figure out how to adjust the amount of produce in your notes after the events of the day: you got 5 more crates of bananas someone returned 2 crates of apples a worker dropped a crate of grapes (oh no! , you had to throw them out) you sold a crate of bananas you sold 5 crates of apples can you write an expression to describe your day using: "a" for crates of apples "b" for crates of bananas and "g" for crates of grapes? make sure the expression is in simplest form question 2 (3 points) explain your steps using sentences.