Strontium-90 is a radioactive isotope with a half-life of 29 years. Strontium-90 is a major component of the fallout from nuclear testing. Suppose that approximately 10 kg of Strontium-90 was released into the environment around the Alamagordo test site in 1961. How much undecayed Strontium-90 remains today?

Strontium-90 is a radioactive isotope with a half-life of 29 years. Strontium-90 is a major component of the fallout from nuclear testing. Suppose that approximately 10 kg of Strontium-90 was released into the environment around the Alamagordo test site in 1961. How much undecayed Strontium-90 remains today?

Algebra & Trigonometry with Analytic Geometry

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Chapter5: Inverse, Exponential, And Logarithmic Functions

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