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I'm sorry is there a chart/graph, etc. to give us more information?
Without the added information there is no way for me to answer.
If you repost this question with a picture I would be more than happy to help.
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Answers A (1/3), C (4/15) and D (5/6) are all repeating decimals.
Step-by-step explanation:
Repeating decimals are decimals in which a number or sequence of numbers is repeated over and over when dividing the numerator by the denominator of a fraction. For example, when you divide 1 by 3 (1/3), you will get a repeating decimal of 0.3333...since 3 goes into 10 three times with a remainder of 1 and will keep going. Likewise, when you divide 4/15, you get an initial value of 0.2, with a repeating 6, or 0.266666... Lastly, when you divide 5/6, you will get a repeating decimal of 0.833333.... The other answers will all be terminating decimals when you divide the numerator by the denominator. Terminating decimals mean the stop at some point and don't continue.
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the question is incomplete, so I looked for a similar one:
<em>After the release of radioactive material into the atmosphere from a nuclear power plant, the hay was contaminated by iodine 131 ( half-life, 8 days). If it is all right to feed the hay to cows when 10% of the iodine 131 remains, how long did the farmers need to wait to use this hay? </em>
iodine's half life (we are given x, we need to find b):
0.5A₀ = A₀eᵇˣ
x = 8 days
we eliminate A₀ from both sides
0.5 = eᵇ⁸
ln 0.5 = ln eᵇ⁸
-0.69315 = b8
b = -0.69315 / 8 = -0.08664
since the farmers need to wait until only 10% of the iodine remains (we already calculated b, now we need to find x):
0.1A₀ = A₀eᵇˣ
0.1 = eᵇˣ
ln 0.1 = bx
where b = -0.08664
x = ln 0.1 / -0.08664 = -2.302585 / -0.08664 = 26.58 days
