Fiber-optic cables are used widely for internet wiring, data transmission, and surgeries. When light passes through a fiber-optic cable, its intensity decreases with the increase in the length of the cable. If 1500 lumens of light enters the cable, the intensity of light decreases by 3.4% per meter of the cable.

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anonymous · Answer

Can this situation be represented by a linear function? Justify your answer.

anonymous · Answer

@ganeshie8

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@Hero

anonymous · Answer

let's analyse the situation okay

anonymous · Answer

if we suppose that light crossed one meter then the intensity deacreses by 3.4% which means  1500-1500*3.4%=1449 lumens

anonymous · Answer

now the present intensity is 1449 will across an other meter again we have
1449-1449*3.4%=1399.734 lumens

anonymous · Answer

if the operation is linear then after acrossing 2 meters the intensity should be
1500-2*(1500*3.4%)=1398 lumens