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What is the percent rate??
Kryton -85 is a radioisotope of krypton that has a half-life of about 10.75years. This isotope is produced by the nuclear fission of uranium and plutonium in nuclear weapons and in nuclear reactors, as well as cosmic rays. An important goal of the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty of 1963 was to eliminate the release of such radioisotopes into the atmosphere. At present, the activity of Krypton -85 in the atmosphere is about 135 mCi.

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Using an exponential function, it is found that the decay rate is of 6.24% a year.

What is an exponential function?

A decaying exponential function is modeled by:

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

In which:

  • A(0) is the initial value.
  • r is the decay rate, as a decimal.

The half-life is of 10.75 years, hence A(10.75) = 0.5A(0) and this is used to find the decay rate r.

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

[tex]0.5A(0) = A(0)(1 - r)^{10.75}[/tex]

[tex](1 - r)^{10.75} = 0.5[/tex]

[tex]\sqrt[10.75]{(1 - r)^{10.75}} = \sqrt[10.75]{0.5}[/tex]

[tex]1 - r = (0.5)^{\frac{1}{10.75}}[/tex]

1 - r = 0.9376.

r = 1 - 0.9376.

r = 0.0624.

The decay rate is of 6.24% a year.

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