Nickel-63 is a radioactive substance with a half-life of about 100 years. An artifact had 9.8 milligrams of nickel-63 when it was first measured. Write an equation to represent the mass of nickel-63, in milligrams, as a function of: t, time in years d, time in days

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answer:

a(n) - a(n-1) -3

discussion:

this ones a bit interesting. given a(n) = 5 - 3n consider this:

a(n-1) = 5 - 3(n-1)

          = (5 - 3n) + 3             => but a(n) = 5 - 3n, the first term

          = a(n)   + 3                 => subtract 3 from both sides

a(n-1) -3 = a(n)  

or

a(n) - a(n-1) -3

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