Oxygen-19 has a decay rate of 2.62% per second. The rate of change of an amount of N of oxygen-19 after t seconds is given by dN/dt=-.0262N Suppose 500 mg of oxygen-19 is present at t=0. What is the rate of change of the amount of oxygen-19 after 1 minute?

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Oxygen-19 has a decay rate of 2.62% per second. The rate of change of an amount of N of oxygen-19 after t seconds is given by

dN/dt=-.0262N

Suppose 500 mg of oxygen-19 is present at t=0. What is the rate of change of the amount of oxygen-19 after 1 minute? 

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