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Subscriptions to a popular fashion magazine have gone down by a consistent percentage each year and can be modeled by the function y = 42,000(0.96)t. what does the value 42,000 represent in the function?

The swimming pool is open when the high temperature is higher than 20∘c. lainey tried to swim on monday and thursday (which was 3 days later). the pool was open on monday, but it was closed on thursday. the high temperature was 30∘c on monday, but decreased at a constant rate in the next 3 days. write an inequality to determine the rate of temperature decrease in degrees celsius per day, d, from monday to thursday.

Asap! i'm not good math and i'm lost.