You have 80 grams of a certain radioactive material, and the amount remaining after t years is

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You have 80 grams of a certain radioactive material, and the amount remaining after t years is given by the function f (t) shown in Fig. 1.

(a) How much will remain after 5 years?

(b) When will 10 grams remain?

(c) What is the half-life of this radioactive material?

(d) At what rate will the radioactive material be disintegrating after 1 year?

(e) After how many years will the radioactive material be disintegrating at the rate of about 5 grams per year?

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Calculus And Its Applications

ISBN: 9780134437774

14th Edition

Authors: Larry Goldstein, David Lay, David Schneider, Nakhle Asmar

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