What is the growth factor of the following example? Assume time is measured in the units given.A diamond mine is depleted by 1% per day.

A 1% daily depletion means the amount remaining decreases by 1% each day. The daily factor is therefore 1 − 0.01 = 0.99. The growth factor is 0.99 per day, which is choice c.

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