A balloon takes 1 minute to rise 60 feet in the air. Each minute after that, the balloon rises 40 percent as far as it did the previous minute. Which equation represents the total distance, d , in feet that the balloon rises in 6 minutes?

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d is equal to the fraction with numerator 60 times open paren 1 minus 0 point 4 to the 6th power close paren and denominator 1 minus 0 point 4

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A balloon takes 1 minute to rise 60 feet in the air. Each minute after that, the balloon rises 40 percent as far as it did the previous minute. Which equation represents the total distance, d , in feet that the balloon rises in 6 minutes?

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