There are 480 soccer balls on a field. Every hour, half of the balls are put back into the locker room. Write an equation that can be used to find the number of soccer balls remaining on the field at the end of x hours.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given data

Number of balls= 480

we are told that 50%(half) of the balls are put back every 1

let the number of hours be x

and let the remaining ball be y after x hours

Hence the expression is given as

logv3(x+2)=1

rewrite in exponential form:

logb(x) = y is equal to b^y =x

b = 3, y = 1

now solve for x:

3^1 = x+2)

x = 3-2

x = 1

see the picture for the graph.