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Reminder Round all answers to two decimal places unless otherwise indicated.
Note Some of the formulas below use the special number
10.Flushing Chlorine City water, which is slightly chlorinated, is being used to flush a tank of heavily chlorinated water. The concentration
a. What is the initial concentration of chlorine in the tank?
b. Express the concentration of chlorine in the tank after 3 hours using functional notation, and then calculate its value.
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