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radioactive Decay These exercises use the population radioactive Decay.
Radioactive Radium The half life of radium 226 is 1600 years. Suppose we have a 22-mg sample.
(a) Find a function
(b) Find a function
(c) How much of sample will remain after 4000 years?
(d) After how many years Will only 18 mg Of sample remain?
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