SOLUTION: an isotope of strontium 90 has a half life of 38 years. if you have 500 mg of this isotope today, how many milligrams (to the nearest tenth) will you have in 19 years?

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Question 609841: an isotope of strontium 90 has a half life of 38 years. if you have 500 mg of this isotope today, how many milligrams (to the nearest tenth) will you have in 19 years?
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an isotope of strontium 90 has a half life of 38 years. if you have 500 mg of this isotope today, how many milligrams (to the nearest tenth) will you have in 19 years?
exponential growth/decay equation

where
A is amount after time t
Ao is the initial amount
k is the growth/decay constant
t is time
.
From: "an isotope of strontium 90 has a half life of 38 years." we can determine k:

dividing both sides by Ao:




.
Now, we can answer:
if you have 500 mg of this isotope today, how many milligrams (to the nearest tenth) will you have in 19 years?
starting with:



mg

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