Question

A certain radioactive isotope has a half-life of 11 days. If one is to make a table showing the half-life decay of a sample of this isotope from 32 grams to 1 gram; list the time (in days, starting with t = 0) in the first column and the mass remaining (in grams) in the second column, which type of sequence is used in the first column and which type of sequence is used in the second column?

Answer 1

@zzr0ck3r

Answer 2

@myininaya @jim_thompson5910

Answer 3

@jdoe0001

Answer 4

someone please help >.<

Answer 5

@mathstudent55 @thomaster

Answer 6

Here is a graph and data table:

Answer 7

how did you get that??

Answer 8

It is an arithmetic sequence for the time (days) and an exponential sequence for the amount.

Answer 9

How did I get that ? I made it with Open Office - free to download.

Answer 10

oh ok, thank you

Answer 11

Here is a link - it is WELL -worth downloading and learning
https://www.openoffice.org/download/

Answer 12

so what type of sequence is used?

Answer 13

@wolf1728