Use the following to answer the next two questions
The rate of radioactive decay is often described using the concept of half life β the time it takes for the amount of radioactivity to decay to half its initial amount.
Radioactive cobalt-60 is often used in radio thearapy in hospitals. The half life of cobalt -60 is 5.2 years. The decay of cobalt-60 can be represents by the formula A(t) = A_0(1/2)^(t/5.2)
If the initial amount of cobalt β 60 is 150 grams, then the number of years, to the nearest tenth, it would take to reduce the cobalt β 60 to 30 grams is __________
To the nearest tenth of a gram, the number of grams remaining from a 250 gram sample of cobalt β 60 after 24 years is __________
The value of the expression 2log_9 3 β log_5 10 + log_5 2, to the nearest whole number, is