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Question 76

A carbon sequestration facility is commissioned to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. On the first day of operation, it captures 18.2518.2518.25 tonnes of CO2CO_2CO2​. Each subsequent day, due to system calibration, the amount captured increases by exactly 1.251.251.25 tonnes over the previous day's total. The facility continues this process until a specific cumulative target is reached.

a.

(i) State, with a reason, whether an arithmetic or a geometric series should be used to model the amount of CO2CO_2CO2​ captured.

(ii) Write down an expression, in terms of nnn, for the mass, CnC_nCn​, in tonnes, captured on day nnn.

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b.

Given that the facility's total sequestration target is 250025002500 tonnes, determine the number of days of operation required to reach this target.

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