Question

A fuel is purified by passing it through a clay pipe. Each foot of the clay pipe removes a fixed percentage of impurities in the fuel. Let f(x) represent the amount of pollutants, in tons, left in the fuel after it had passed through x feet of the clay pipe:

f(x) = 10(0.8)x

What does the number 0.8 represent? (1 point)

a
Every foot of the pipe keeps 80% of the pollutant.

b
Every foot of the pipe removes 80% of the pollutant.

c
The original amount of pollutant present in the fuel was 80 tons.

d
The original amount of pollutant present in the fuel was 20 tons.

Answer 1

Answer:

b is the answer

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Answer 2

Answer:

Every foot of the pipe removes 80% of the pollutant.

Step-by-step explanation:

so it would be B!