The half-life of a certain radioactive material is 32 days. An initial amount of the material has a mass of 361 kg. Write an exponential function that models the decay of this material. Find how much radioactive

Aru asked Apr 24, 2023

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1) Gathering the data

half-life: 32 days

Initial Amount: 361 kg

how much after:5 days

2) We can write a half-life exponential equation this way, and plugging into that the given values:

Kalman Speier answered Apr 28, 2023

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