A battery in a laptop computer degrades by 0.5% per recharge. If the initial capacity is 80Wh of charge, how may recharge cycle will it take to degrade this to around half of this?

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Oswaldo Johns

Mathematics

14 May, 02:37

A battery in a laptop computer degrades by 0.5% per recharge. If the initial capacity is 80Wh of charge, how may recharge cycle will it take to degrade this to around half of this?

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Patrick Howard · Answer 1

Answer: 76Wh

Step-by-step explanation:

Basically all you have to do to find the answer is multiply 80 by 0.05. Then after that you subtract 80 by the answer you got. That's pretty much it.

80

x 0.05

4

80

- 4

76