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vovikov84 [41]
3 years ago
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A 41 gram sample of a substance that's used to detect explosives has a k-value of 0.1392. Find the substance's half life, in day

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Mathematics
1 answer:
-BARSIC- [3]3 years ago
5 0

Answer:

The substance half-life is of 4.98 days.

Step-by-step explanation:

Equation for an amount of a decaying substance:

The equation for the amount of a substance that decay exponentially has the following format:

A(t) = A(0)e^{-kt}

In which k is the decay rate, as a decimal.

k-value of 0.1392.

This means that:

A(t) = A(0)e^{-0.1392t}

Find the substance's half life, in days.

This is t for which A(t) = 0.5A(0). So

A(t) = A(0)e^{-0.1392t}

0.5A(0) = A(0)e^{-0.1392t}

e^{-0.1392t} = 0.5

\ln{e^{-0.1392t}} = \ln{0.5}

-0.1392t = \ln{0.5}

t = -\frac{\ln{0.5}}{0.1392}

t = 4.98

The substance half-life is of 4.98 days.

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