At the beginning of an experiment, a scientist has 120 grams of radioactive goo. After 210 minutes, her sample has decayed to 15 grams. What is the half-life of the goo in minutes? Find a formula for G(t), the amount of goo remaining at time t. G(t) =

At the beginning of an experiment, a scientist has 120 grams of radioactive goo. After 210 minutes, her sample has decayed to 15 grams. What is the half-life of the goo in minutes? Find a formula for G(t), the amount of goo remaining at time t. G(t) =

Algebra & Trigonometry with Analytic Geometry

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Chapter5: Inverse, Exponential, And Logarithmic Functions

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At the beginning of an experiment, a scientist has 120 grams of radioactive goo. After 210 minutes,
her sample has decayed to 15 grams.
What is the half-life of the goo in minutes?
Find a formula for G(t), the amount of goo remaining at time t.
G(t) =
How many grams of goo will remain after 26 minutes?

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