Rebecca has been planting young trees in her garden. The maple tree that is 10 centimeters tall is growing 2 centimeters per month, whereas the oak tree that is 15 centimeters tall is
growing 1 centimeter per month. In a few months, the two trees will be the same height. How
many months will this take and what will that height be?

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.