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6 November, 10:28

An exterminator estimated there were 12,000 termites in a house. Each time the house was sprayed, the number of termites was reduced to one-fourth the previous number. How many termites were there after the house was sprayed x times? Write a function to represent this scenario.

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  1. 6 November, 10:32
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    The function governing this sit'n is a decaying exponential.

    f (x) = 12000 (1/4) ^x
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