document.write( "Question 1130123: A scientist begins with 250 grams of a radioactive substance. After 250 minutes, the sample has decayed to 32 grams. Write an exponential equation f(t)representing this situation. (Let f be the amount of radioactive substance in grams and t be the time in minutes.) \r
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\"f=250%2Ab%5Et\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"250b%5E250=32\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"b%5E250=32%2F250\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"b%5E250=16%2F125\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"250%2Alog%28%28b%29%29=log%28%2816%2F125%29\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"log%28%28b%29%29=%281%2F250%29%2Alog%28%2816%2F125%29%29\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"log%28%28b%29%29=-0.0035711\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"b=0.991811\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\"x=log%28%280.5%29%29%2Flog%28%280.991811%29%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"x=84.3\"\"minutes\"\r
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