Answer
See below.
Work Step by Step
According to the exercise: $a_1=34,a_n=0.6a_{n-1}+16$.
In the long term, it will tend to a point where the amount is the same each week. Then:
$a_n=0.6a_n+16\\0.4a_n=16\\a_n=40$
This amount is $40$ ounces.
Algebra 2 (1st Edition)
by Larson, Ron; Boswell, Laurie; Kanold, Timothy D.; Stiff, Lee
Published by
McDougal Littell
ISBN 10:
0618595414
ISBN 13:
978-0-61859-541-9
Chapter 12 Sequences and Series - 12.5 Use Recursive Rules with Sequences and Functions - 12.5 Exercises - Problem Solving - Page 832: 44
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