SOLUTION: Bismuth-210 is an isotope that radioactively decays by about 13% each day, meaning 13% of the remaining Bismuth-210 transforms into another atom (polonium-210 in this case) each da
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Question 1208600: Bismuth-210 is an isotope that radioactively decays by about 13% each day, meaning 13% of the remaining Bismuth-210 transforms into another atom (polonium-210 in this case) each day. If you begin with 215 mg of Bismuth-210, how much remains after 7 days?
After 7 days, mg of Bismouth-210 remains.
Round your answer to the nearest hundredth as needed.
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Bismuth-210 is an isotope that radioactively decays by about 13% each day, meaning 13% of the remaining Bismuth-210
transforms into another atom (polonium-210 in this case) each day. If you begin with 215 mg of Bismuth-210, how much remains after 7 days?
After 7 days, mg of Bismouth-210 remains.
Round your answer to the nearest hundredth as needed.
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The remaining mass of the Bismuth-210 after 1 day is 215*(1-0.13) = 215*0.87 mg.
The remaining mass of the Bismuth-210 after 2 days is 215*0.87*0.87 = 215*0.87^2 mg.
The remaining mass of the Bismuth-210 after 3 days is 215*0.87^2*0.87 = 215*0.87^3 mg.
. . . . . and so on . . . . .
The remaining mass of the Bismuth-210 after 7 days is 215*0.87^6*0.87 = 215*0.87^7 = 81.10978 mg (rounded). ANSWER
Work Shown
P = 215 mg is the starting amount
r = 0.13 is the decimal form of the decay rate
t = 7 days
A = P*(1-r)^t ............... exponential decay equation
A = 215*(1-0.13)^7
A = 81.109780898733
A = 81.11 mg
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