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Suppose strontium-90 decays at a rate of 2 percent per year.
(a) Write the fraction P of strontium remaining, as function of t, measured in years. (Assume that at time t=0 there is 100 % remaining.)
Answer: P(t)=?
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bobpursley
P=original(.98)^t

7 years ago

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