Question

Autumn starts with 1 milligram of a radioactive substance. The amount of the substance decreases by 50% each week for a number of weeks, w. She writes the expression (1−0.5)w to find the amount of radioactive substance remaining after w weeks.

Answer 1

Andrea's Expression: (1 - 0.2)^w

w: number of weeks

0.2: percent decrease

1 - 0.2: decay factor for each week

I got Eric's Expression wrong :(

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w: number of weeks

0.2: percent decrease

1 - 0.2: decay factor for each week

I got Eric's Expression wrong :(

Click to let others know, how helpful is itAndrea's Expression: (1 - 0.2)^w

w: number of weeks

0.2: percent decrease

1 - 0.2: decay factor for each week

I got Eric's Expression wrong :(

Click to let others know, how helpful is itAndrea's Expression: (1 - 0.2)^w

w: number of weeks

0.2: percent decrease

1 - 0.2: decay factor for each week

I got Eric's Expression wrong :(

Click to let others know, how helpful is it

Explanation: