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vampirchik [111]
3 years ago
7

Researchers are monitoring two different radioactive substances. They have 300 grams of substance A which decays at a rate of 0.

15%. They
have 500 grams of substance B which decays at a rate of 0.37%. They are trying to determine how many years it will be before the substances
have an equal mass.
If Mrepresents the mass of the substance and trepresents the elapsed time in years, then which of the following systems of equations can be
used to determine how long it will be before the substances have an equal mass?
Mathematics
1 answer:
Korolek [52]3 years ago
7 0

Answer:

231.59 years

Step-by-step explanation:

To model this situation we are going to use the exponential decay function:

f(t)= a (1-b)^t

where f(t) is the final amount remaining after t years of decay

a is the final amount

b is the decay rate in decimal form

t is the time in years

For Substance A:

Since  we have 300 grams of the substance, a=300. To convert the decay rate to decimal form, we are going to divide the rate by 100%:

r = 0.15/100 = 0.0015. Replacing the values in our function:

f(t) = a (1-b)^t

f(t) = 300 (1-0.0015)^t

f(t) = 300 (0.9985)^t equation (1)

For Substance B:

Since we have 500 grams of the substance, a= 500. To convert the decay rate to decimal form, we are going to divide the rate by 100%:

r=0.37/100= 0.0037. Replacing the values in our function:

f(t) = a (1-b)^t

f(t)= 500 (1-0.0037)^t

f(t)=500(0.9963)^t equation (2)

Since they are trying to determine how many years it will be before the substances have an equal mass M, we can replace f(t) with M in both equations:

M=300(0.9985)^t equation (1)

M=500(0.9963)^t equation (2)

We can conclude that the system of equations that can be used to determine how long it will be before the substances have an equal mass, M, is :

{M=300(0.9985)^t

{M=500(0.9963)^t

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