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2006-12-14 13:08:44 · 4 answers · asked by george h 2 in Science & Mathematics Mathematics

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exponential decay is most commonly associated with radioactive decay and half-lives

2006-12-14 13:11:16 · answer #1 · answered by Pako 2 · 0 0

All radioactivity. For example, bombardment of the upper atmospheric nitrogen by cosmic rays produces radioactive carbon-14. Plants on the earth incorporate carbon-14 dioxide into their tissues along with ordinary carbon-12 by photosynthesis. When ancient Egyptians made dead reeds into papyrus, wrote texts on the papyrus, and put the papyrus texts into pyramids, the carbon-14 began to decay with a half-life of 5400 years. The decay is exponential, because half the carbon-14 decays in the first 5400 years, and half of that in the next 5400 years.

2006-12-14 13:18:41 · answer #2 · answered by steve_geo1 7 · 0 0

exponential decays are in radioactive or nuclear decay theaory (this is one case)
and another is it may be associated with analytical geometry such as in parabola, hyperbola..etc

2006-12-14 13:14:31 · answer #3 · answered by latha 2 · 0 0

Please refer this.

2006-12-14 13:11:40 · answer #4 · answered by NIK..! 5 · 0 0

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