Function Notation

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Imagine a new pasture with grass growing on it. every day after the seeds have germinated, the number of blades of grass in the pasture triples. after 18 days, the entire pasture is completely covered in grass. how many days did it take for the pasture to be one-third covered in grass?

In the film, zeke the zombie slayer versus the zombies from space, zeke slayed 140 zombies. in the sequel, zeke the zombie slayer versus the zombies from space, part 2, he slayed 5% more zombies. how many zombies were slain by zeke in the sequel?

Two lines parallel to a third line are parallel to each other. always sometimes or never