Given that mass loss is expressed as a negative exponential function (original mass remaining = e-kt), how much mass would be left after 20 weeks given a decomposition coefficient k = 0.0167 in units of proportion mass loss per week?

A) 0.203
B) 0.716
C) 0.916
D) 1.390


B

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