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The half-life of Uranium-235 is approximately 704 million years, meaning this is the time taken for the mass of a sample to reduce by one half.

The mass M grams of Uranium in a sample with initial size M0 may be modeled by

M(t)=M0eλt

where t is measured in millions of years.

A 10g sample of Uranium-235 is obtained by a laboratory.

  1. Find the value of λ

  2. Find the rate at which the mass is initially decaying, giving the correct units for your answer.

  3. How much Uranium-235 will be present in the sample after ten million years?