A radioactive chemical decays 20% each day. If 48 pounds of this chemical remain today, how many pounds of this chemical were present two days ago.
---The professor of my GMAT class teaches tricks instead of actual solutions, he told us to randomly select from one of the answers and work backwards.
What is the correct way to solve this problem if there were no answers to work backwards from?-------
Thanks,
---The professor of my GMAT class teaches tricks instead of actual solutions, he told us to randomly select from one of the answers and work backwards.
What is the correct way to solve this problem if there were no answers to work backwards from?-------
Thanks,