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Textbook Solutions for Calculus: Early Transcendentals

Chapter 3 Problem 3.476

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The half-life of radium-226 is 1590 years. (a) A sample of radium-226 has a mass of 100 mg. Find a formula for the mass of the sample that remains after years. (b) Find the mass after 1000 years correct to the nearest milligram. (c) When will the mass be reduced to 30 mg?

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Title Calculus: Early Transcendentals 6 
Author James Stewart
ISBN 9780495011668

The half-life of radium-226 is 1590 years. (a) A sample of

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