A hospital uses cobalt-60, which has a half-life of 5.2 years, for radiotherapy treatment for its cancer
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A hospital uses cobalt-60, which has a half-life of 5.2 years, for radiotherapy treatment for its cancer patients. The hospital currently has a 70 g supply of cobalt-60, and it requires at least 55 g for the therapy machine to provide an effective amount of radiation.
a) Create an exponential decay model for this situation.
b) How often must the cobalt in the machine be replaced?
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