For a school project, Max made a pyramid using 587 sugar cubes. On his way to school 34 of the sugar cubes fell off. When he got to school his friends took 18 more cubes off the pyramid to eat. Estimate how many sugar cubes remain on Max's pyramid.

Ariana starts with 100 milligrams of a radioactive substance. the amount of the substance decreases by 20% each week for a number of weeks, w. the expression 100(1−0.2)w finds the amount of radioactive substance remaining after w weeks. which statement about this expression is true? a) it is the difference between the initial amount and the percent decrease. b) it is the difference between the initial amount and the decay factor after w weeks. c) it is the initial amount raised to the decay factor after w weeks. d) it is the product of the initial amount and the decay factor after w weeks.