A substance with a half-life is to Kane exponentially. If there are additionally 12 g of the substance and after two hours there are 7 g, how many grams will remain after three hours? Round your answer to the nearest Honduras, and do not include units.

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A substance with a half-life is to Kane exponentially. If there are additionally 12 g of the substance and after two hours there are 7 g, how many grams will remain after three hours? Round your answer to the nearest Honduras, and do not include units.

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The expression for the radioactive decay model is given by

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here, A=7 grams at t=2 hr=120 min and Algebra homework question answer, step 1, image 2.

Therefore, 

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