SOLUTION: please help me solve this ASAP .. If a certain radioactive substance with initial mass of 100 milligrams disintegrates at the rate of 4% per year , how may milligrams would be lef

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Question 699981: please help me solve this ASAP ..
If a certain radioactive substance with initial mass of 100 milligrams disintegrates at the rate of 4% per year , how may milligrams would be left after 2 years ?

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If a certain radioactive substance with initial mass of 100 milligrams disintegrates at the rate of 4% per year , how may milligrams would be left after 2 years?
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Let A = amt after two yrs
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A = 100*(1-.04)^2
A = 100*.96^2
A = 100*.9216
A = 92.16 mg