Explanation:
Kepler’s third law states that for all objects orbiting a given body, the cube of the semimajor axis (A) is proportional to the square of the orbital period (P).
For each of our planets orbiting the Sun, the relationship between the orbital period and semimajor axis can be represented by the equation as:
k is constant of proportionality
It is required to solve the above equation for k
Answer:
72,300 years.
Explanation:
What's the ratio between the current and the initial mass of this sample? In other words, what fraction of the initial sample hasn't yet decayed?
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The value of this fraction starts at 1 decreases to 1/2 of its initial value after every half-life. How many times shall 1/2 be multiplied to 1 before reaching 1/8? . It takes three half-lives or
years to reach that value.
In certain questions the denominator of the fraction is large. It might not even be an integer power of 2. The base-x logarithm function on calculators could help. Evaluate
to find the number of half-lives required. In case the base-x logarithm function isn't available, but the natural logarithm function
is, apply the following expression (derived from the base-changing formula) to get the same result:
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