Use the fact that the quantity of a radioactive substance after t years is given by where is the original amount of radioactive material and k is its half-life (the number of years it takes for half the radioactive substance to decay).The half-life of strontium-90 is 25 years. Find the amount of strontium-90 remaining after 7 years if

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A. 8.1 kg
B. 79.1 kg
C. 5.8 kg
D. 116.6 kg
E. 0.8 kg


Answer: B

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