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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P=original(.98)^t

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