500 grams of a radioactive substance is expected to decay exponentially to 125 grams in the course of 20 years.
(a) Write down the half-life, and the rate of decay of the radioactive substance.
(b) Write down the function in time, N(t), where t is in years, representing the exponential decay of the radioactive substance.
(c) How much of the substance is expected to remain after 15, 25, and 40 years, respectively?. How long would it take for the radioactive substance to decay to under 1 gram?.
2007-12-01
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