Suppose that the world's current oil reserves is R=2090bbillion barrels. If, on average, the total reserves is decreasing by 2525 billion barrels of oil each year, answer the following: A.) Give a linear equation for the total remaining oil reserves, RR, in terms of t, the number of years since now.   R    B.) 1212 years from now, the total oil reserves will be billions of barrels. C.) If no other oil is deposited into the reserves, the world's oil reserves will be completely depleted (all used up) approximately years from now. (Round your answer to two decimal places.)

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Suppose that the world's current oil reserves is R=2090bbillion barrels. If, on average, the total reserves is decreasing by 2525 billion barrels of oil each year, answer the following:

A.) Give a linear equation for the total remaining oil reserves, RR, in terms of t, the number of years since now.  

R   

B.) 1212 years from now, the total oil reserves will be billions of barrels.

C.) If no other oil is deposited into the reserves, the world's oil reserves will be completely depleted (all used up) approximately years from now.
(Round your answer to two decimal places.)

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