Grace starts with 100 milligrams of a radioactive substance. The amount of the

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love history [14]3 years ago

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Answer:

100 is grace's initial amount. w is how much of the substance is being decrased each week. in ryan's equation, 1 is 100% of the substance, so the initial amount, and 0.4 is the amount that is being decreased.

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Leona [35]3 years ago

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Answer:

100= Initial Amount

1/4= decay factor for each week

w= number of weeks

1/4w= decay factor after w weeks

1 - 0.4= decay factor for each week

w= number of weeks

0.4= percent decrease

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