SOLUTION: The amount of cobalt varies inversely to the amount of plutonium. If there are 5 gms of cobalt and 20 gms of uranium, how much cobalt will there be with 2 gms of uranium?
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Question 837217: The amount of cobalt varies inversely to the amount of plutonium. If there are 5 gms of cobalt and 20 gms of uranium, how much cobalt will there be with 2 gms of uranium? Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The amount of cobalt varies inversely to the amount of uranium.
c =
If there are 5 gms of cobalt and 20 gms of uranium,
5 =
k = 5*20
k = 100
how much cobalt will there be with 2 gms of uranium?
the equation: c =
c =
c = 50 grams of cobalt
