Geologists estimate that there are currently 300 million tons of copper left on Io, while the current level of extraction and consumption of copper on Io is 5 million tons of copper per year, which is projected to increase by 6% p.a. After how many years (rounded to the nearest whole number) will the copper reserves on Io be exhausted? Number of years before copper is exhausted
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QUESTION 4
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1.1) Geologists estimate that there are currently 300 million tons of copper left on Io, while the current level of extraction and consumption of copper on Io is 5 million tons of copper per year, which is projected to increase by 6% p.a. After how many years (rounded to the nearest whole number) will the copper reserves on Io be exhausted?
Number of years before copper is exhausted
Initial extraction and consumption of copper= 5 million
Rate of increase= 6%=0.06
Let after t years it will be exhausted
So the total amount of extracted copper is: 5(1+0.06)t million or 5(1.06)t million
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