SOLUTION: The half-life of a certain radioactive material is 68 hours. An initial amount of the material has a mass of 826 kg. Write an exponential function that models the decay of this ma

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Question 1175426: The half-life of a certain radioactive material is 68 hours. An initial amount of the material has a mass of 826 kg.
Write an exponential function that models the decay of this material. Find how much radioactive material remains
after 16 hours. Round your answer to the nearest thousandth.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) About Me  (Show Source):
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If counting half-lives and x is in hours, then y=826%2A%280.5%29%5E%28x%2F68%29 if this is the way you want your formula.

y=826(0.5)^(x/68)