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another college math quiz item:

A sample of 575 grams of radioactive lead 210 decays to polonium according to the formula defined by

A = 575e-0.038t.

Using this model, the amount of the sample remaining after 16 years is ________ grams.

Round your answer to the nearest whole gram.

I guess that I’m supposed to assume that t is 16

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