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Reminder Round all answers to two decimal places unless otherwise indicated.
The half life of
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a. Show that these are exponential data and find an exponential model (For this problem, round all your answers to three decimal places.)
b. What is the percentage decay rate each minute? What does this number mean in practical terms?
c. Use functional notation to express the amount remaining after 10 minutes and then calculate the value.
d. What is the half life of
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