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Recycling aluminum cans. It is known that 45% of all aluminum cans distributed are recycled each year. A beverage company uses 250,000 lb of aluminum cans. After recycling, the amount of aluminum, in pounds, still in use after t years is given by
(Source: The Container Recycling institute.)
a. Find
b. Interpret the meaning of
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