document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1111331>Question 1111331</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> i would like to ask how to find the decay rate in the exponential decay formula<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If your decay function has this form:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "then you will need two points for x,y  in order to solve for constants A and k.  You will want<BR>\n" );
document.write( "to take logs of both sides to make the equations linear:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "ln(y/A) = -kx\r<BR>\n" );
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