He breakdown of a sample of a chemical compound is represented by the function p(t) 300(0.5)t , where p(t) represents the number

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He breakdown of a sample of a chemical compound is represented by the function p(t) 300(0.5)t , where p(t) represents the number

of milligrams of the substance and t represents the time, in years. in the function p(t), explain what 0.5 and 300 represent

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Inessa05 [86] · Answer 1 · 2022-01-10T06:26:22+03:00

Inessa05 [86]4 years ago

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300 represents the initial amount of the substance, the amount present at t=0.

0.5 is the fraction of substance remaining at the end of each year. The fact that this number is 1/2 indicates the half-life of the substance is 1 year.