4. A breeder reactor converts relatively stable uranium 238 into the isotope plu-tonium 239. After 15 years it is determined that 0:043% of the initial amountA, of plutonium has disintegrated. Find the half life of this isotope if the rateof disintegration is proportional to the amount of remaining.

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A breeder reactor converts relatively stable uranium 238 into the isotope plu- tonium 239. After 15 years it is determined that 0:043% of the initial amount Ao of plutonium has disintegrated. Find the half life of this isotope if the rate of disintegration is proportional to the amount of remaining.

A breeder reactor converts relatively stable uranium 238 into the isotope plu- tonium 239. After 15 years it is determined that 0:043% of the initial amount Ao of plutonium has disintegrated. Find the half life of this isotope if the rate of disintegration is proportional to the amount of remaining.

College Algebra

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Author:James Stewart, Lothar Redlin, Saleem Watson

Publisher:James Stewart, Lothar Redlin, Saleem Watson

Chapter4: Exponential And Logarithmic Functions

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 13CC

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