In the early 1960s radioactive strontium-90 was released


Question: In the early 1960s, radioactive strontium-90 was released during atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons and got into the bones of people alive at the time. If the half-life of strontium-90 is 29 years, what fraction of the strontium-90 absorbed in 1960 remained in people's bones in 2010? [Hint: Write the function in the form Q = Q0(1/2)t/29.]

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