The half life of a decaying substance is the amount of time it take for the substance to reduced to half of its original amount. If a substance has a half life of 750 years, and there are 35 mg present now, how long will it take for the substance to be reduced to 10mg

The half life of a decaying substance is the amount of time it take for the substance to reduced to half of its original amount. If a substance has a half life of 750 years, and there are 35 mg present now, how long will it take for the substance to be reduced to 10mg

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Chapter5: Exponential And Logarithmic Functions

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