logarithms: light intensity word question

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"In a particularly murky river, the intensity of light is reduced by 5% for every metre that the light travels below the surface of the water."
To the nearest metre, at what depth would there be only 10% of the original intensity of the light remaining?


I don't even know where to start with this. I know that the exponential model is L(d) = (.95)^d, if that helps.
 
"In a particularly murky river, the intensity of light is reduced by 5% for every metre that the light travels below the surface of the water."
To the nearest metre, at what depth would there be only 10% of the original intensity of the light remaining?


I don't even know where to start with this. I know that the exponential model is L(d) = (.95)^d, if that helps.

Is the equation:

L(d) = (.95)d

or,

are you supposed to derive it?
 
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