document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=941763>Question 941763</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Suppose the flavor of gum you are chewing can have a rating from 0 to 1, where 0 = no flavor at all and 1 = the best possible flavor (that is, when you first start to chew it). <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now assume that the gum company announces in the advertising that the flavor has a half-life of 45 minutes. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "If you have been chewing on this particular flavor of gum for a total of 65 minutes, what would be the fraction of the original flavor rating? \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " (Round to the nearest hundredth.)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y is how good the flavor, maximum being 1;<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I is initially how good the flavor, being 1.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Use the half-life to find k.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Can you solve the problem with that bare minimum? </SPAN>\n" );
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