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A student is trying to determine the half-life of the radioactive isotope Idoine-131. She’s measuring the amount of iodine in a sample every 8 hours. The data obtained is shown on this table: Time (in
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A student is trying to determine the half-life of the radioactive isotope Idoine-131. She’s measuring the amount of iodine in a sample every 8 hours.

The data obtained is shown on this table:
Time (in hours) Iodine-131 (in grams)
0 =4.80
8 =4.66
16 =4.51
24 =4.39
32 =4.29
40 =4.14
48 4.04

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Answer:

y=79246*0.99642^t

Explanation:

t=hours, y=amount of grams.

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