An element with mass 1000 grams decays by 14.8% per minute. How much of the element is remaining after 11 minutes, to the nearest 10th of a gram ?

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An element with mass 1000 grams decays by 14.8% per minute. How much of the element is remaining after 11 minutes,

to the nearest 10th of a gram ?

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$100\%-14.8\%=85.2\%=0.852\\\\1000g\ *\ 0.852^(11)\approx171.7g\leftarrow answer$

Drinking answered May 24, 2015

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