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Old 04-02-12, 12:11 AM   #10
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Originally Posted by AlanE View Post
...they'll still be functioning after 50 years (maybe) but at only ~50% of design capacity...
I took 100 (as in 100%) and multiplied it by .99 (as in 99% left in the second year) and multiplied THAT by .99, etc., etc. 50 times and ended up with 60.5 (as in 60.5%) by the 50th iteration.

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