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Transcribed Image Text:A radioactive substance decays at a rate proportional to its mass. A particular specimen of the
substance is found to have a mass of 25 grams and is decaying at a rate of 0.025 grams per year.
There are m grams left after t years.
dm
(a) Show that a differential equation relating m and t is =-0.001m
dt
(b) Find the mass of the specimen after 10 years.
c) Find how long it will take for the specimen to decay to 5 grams.
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