Question

Situation:

Find the substance's half-life, in days.
• Round your answer to the nearest tenth.
A 25 gram sample of a substance that's
used for drug research has a k-value of
0.1229.
Enter the correct answer.
N = Noe
-kt
DONE
No = initial mass (at time t = 0)
?
N = mass at time t
k = a positive constant that depends on
the substance itself and on the units
used to measure time
t = time, in days

Answer 1

5.6 days

Explanation:

We are given;

Initial Mass; N_o = 25 g

Mass at time(t); N_t = 25/2 = 12.5 (I divide by 2 because we are dealing with half life)

k = 0.1229

Formula is given as;

N_t = N_o•e^(-kt)

Plugging in the relevant values;

12.5 = 25 × e^(-0.1229t)

e^(-0.1229t) = 12.5/25

e^(-0.1229t) = 0.5

(-0.1229t) = In 0.5

-0.1229t = -0.6931

t = -0.6931/-0.1229

t = 5.6 days