A tank is filled with 100 L of a 40% alcohol solution (by volume). You repeatedly perform

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A tank is filled with 100 L of a 40% alcohol solution (by volume). You repeatedly perform the following operation: Remove 2 L of the solution from the tank and replace them with 2 L of 10% alcohol solution.

a. Let Cn be the concentration of the solution in the tank after the nth replacement, where C0 = 40%. Write the first five terms of the sequence {Cn}.

b. After how many replacements does the alcohol concentration reach 15%?

c. Determine the limiting (steady-state) concentration of the solution that is approached after many replacements.

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Calculus Early Transcendentals

ISBN: 978-0321947345

2nd edition

Authors: William L. Briggs, Lyle Cochran, Bernard Gillett

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