"Suppose a radioactive substance decays at a rate of 3.5% per hour. What percent of the substnce is left after 6 hours?"
Can you please list what I would have to do to solve this problem?
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"Suppose a radioactive substance decays at a rate of 3.5% per hour. What percent of the substnce is left after 6 hours?"
Can you please list what I would have to do to solve this problem?
Hey EJdive43.
Does it decay continuously or only in hourly intervals?
Hello, EJdive43!
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A radioactive substance decays at a rate of 3.5% per hour.
What percent of the substance is left after 6 hours?
First, set up the function.
The substance loses 3.5% every hour.
That is, 96.5% of the substance remains.
We have: .. where
When, we have: .
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Therefore: .