Question: The amount A of cesium-137 (a dangerous radioactive element) remaining after t years is given by A = A 0 (0.5 t/30.3 ),where A 0

The amount A of cesium-137 (a dangerous radioactive element) remaining after t years is given by A = A0 (0.5t/30.3),where Ais the initial amount. In what year will the cesium-137 be 10% of that released at the Chernobyl disaster in 1986?

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