A certain pollutant has a concentration of 120 part per million (ppm)  in large tank. A filtration system can remove 17% of the pollutants each cycle. If the 120 ppm pollutant is run through 6 filtration cycles, how much of the pollutant is remaining?

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A certain pollutant has a concentration of 120 part per million (ppm)  in large tank. A filtration system can remove 17% of the pollutants each cycle. If the 120 ppm pollutant is run through 6 filtration cycles, how much of the pollutant is remaining?

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