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A tumor is injected with 0.52 grams of Iodine-125. After 1 day, the amount of Iodine-125 has decreased by 1.15%.
Write an exponential decay model with A(t) representing the amount of Iodine-125 remaining in the tumor after t days. Enclose arguments of the function in parentheses and include a multiplication sign between terms. For example, c*ln(t).
Then use the formula for A(t) to find the amount of Iodine-125 that would remain in the tumor after 8.5 days.


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Answer:

The equation is [tex]A(t) = 0.52*(0.9885)^{(t)}[/tex].

0.4713 grams would remain in the tumor after 8.5 days.

Step-by-step explanation:

Exponential equation of decay:

The exponential equation for the amount of a substance that decays, after t days, is given by:

[tex]A(t) = A(0)*(1-r)^t[/tex]

In which A(0) is the initial amount and r is the decay rate, as a decimal.

A tumor is injected with 0.52 grams of Iodine-125.

This means that [tex]A(0) = 0.52[/tex]

After 1 day, the amount of Iodine-125 has decreased by 1.15%.

This means that [tex]r = 0.0115[/tex]

So

[tex]A(t) = A(0)*(1-r)^t[/tex]

[tex]A(t) = 0.52*(1-0.0115)^t[/tex]

[tex]A(t) = 0.52*(0.9885)^t[/tex]

Then use the formula for A(t) to find the amount of Iodine-125 that would remain in the tumor after 8.5 days.

This is A(8.5).

[tex]A(t) = 0.52*(0.9885)^t[/tex]

[tex]A(8.5) = 0.52*(0.9885)^{8.5} = 0.4713[/tex]

0.4713 grams would remain in the tumor after 8.5 days.