richardbugauev84 richardbugauev84
  • 22-12-2019
  • Mathematics
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An element with mass 970 grams decays by 27.7% per minute. How much of the
element is remaining after 13 minutes, to the nearest 10th of a gram?

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altavistard
altavistard altavistard
  • 22-12-2019

Answer:

14.35 grams

Step-by-step explanation:

Amount left, in grams = (970 grams)(1.000 - 0.277)^m, where m is the number of minutes.  This is exponential decay.

Amout left = (970 grams)(0.723)^13 = (970 grams)(0.01475), or 14.35 grams

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drockslitt
drockslitt drockslitt
  • 13-05-2020

Answer:14.3

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