One of the main contaminants of a nuclear accident, such as that at Chernobyl, is strontium-90, which

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One of the main contaminants of a nuclear accident, such as that at Chernobyl, is strontium-90, which decays exponentially at a rate of approximately 2.4% per year. 

(a) Write the percent of strontium-90 remaining, P, as a function of years, t, since the nuclear accident.

(b) Graph P against t. 

(c) Estimate the half-life of strontium-90. 

(d) After the Chernobyl disaster, it was predicted that the region would not be safe for human habitation for 100 years. Estimate the percent of original strontium-90 remaining at this time.

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Applied Calculus

ISBN: 9781119275565

6th Edition

Authors: Deborah Hughes Hallett, Patti Frazer Lock, Andrew M. Gleason, Daniel E. Flath, Sheldon P. Gordon, David O. Lomen, David Lovelock, William G. McCallum, Brad G. Osgood, Andrew Pasquale

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