Question

exponential decay:
1. Cesium-137 has a half life of 30 years. suppose a lab stored a 100 g sample in 1970.
a) How many grams remained in the year 2000?
b) How many grams will remain in 2090?

Answer 1

please explain

Answer 2

@ganeshie8

Answer 3

@mathmale

Answer 4

@AccessDenied

Answer 5

@iPwnBunnies

Answer 6

@thomaster , @whpalmer4 , @myininaya

Answer 7

@SolomonZelman

Answer 8

I am not good at science, sorry -:(

Answer 9

it is exponential decay

Answer 10

yes I know, but it is in scientific context sort of.. can you please re-write the function just in mathematical context

Answer 11

oh..sorry i dont know how to do half-lifes either

Answer 12

@Loser66