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A laboratory has a 800-mg sample of cesium-137, which decays at an annual rate of 2.28%.a....

A laboratory has a 800-mg sample of cesium-137, which decays at an annual rate of 2.28%.

a. Find a natural growth model C(t) that gives the amount of cesium-137 as a function of t, time in years.


b. How much of the sample remains after 5 years?


c. What is the half-life of cesium-137, correct to the nearest year?

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Solutions For Problems in Chapter 3.2