In the early 1960s, radioactive strontium-90 was releasedduring atmospheric testing of

Chapter 1, Problem 41

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In the early 1960s, radioactive strontium-90 was releasedduring atmospheric testing of nuclear weaponsand got into the bones of people alive at the time. Ifthe half-life of strontium-90 is 29 years, what fractionof the strontium-90 absorbed in 1960 remained in peoplesbones in 2010? [Hint: Write the function in the formQ = Q0(1/2)t/29.]

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