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Divide and simplify.

Element x decays radioactively with a half life of 8 minutes. if there are 450 grams of element x, how long, to the nearest tenth of a minute, would it take the element to decay to 37 grams?

Onnie is considering doing some long term investing with money that she inherited. she would like to have $50,000 at the end of 30 years. approximately how much money would lonnie need to put into an account earning 6% interest compounded annually in order to meet her goal?

Alex took his brother to a birthday party. the party was scheduled to last for 1 and 3/4 hours but they stayed for 4/5 of an hour more. how long did she stay at the party?