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Radioactive Decay and Algebra Practice

The document contains additional practice problems related to radioactive decay, polynomial factorization, and geometry involving sectors of circles. It includes specific questions about calculating initial mass and half-life of a radioactive isotope, expanding an expression, and finding the radius of a circular cake sector. Each problem provides hints for solving them effectively.

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Radioactive Decay and Algebra Practice

The document contains additional practice problems related to radioactive decay, polynomial factorization, and geometry involving sectors of circles. It includes specific questions about calculating initial mass and half-life of a radioactive isotope, expanding an expression, and finding the radius of a circular cake sector. Each problem provides hints for solving them effectively.

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Additional Practice

1. Show that
2. A radioactive isotope was found to decay according to the equation:
m=2000(2)−3t where m is the mass in grams and t is the time in years.

i. What is the initial mass of the isotope?

Hint: Substitute t = 0 into the equation

ii. What is the half-life of the isotope (the time it takes to decay to half its original
mass)?

Hint: Find half of the mass in part (i). Solve for t using the laws of indices.

3. Expand the expression (3−4x)3 completely.

4. Given that f(x)=6x3+11x2 − 3x− 2 factorize f(x) completely and hence solve f(x)=0

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5. A sector of a circular cake with radius x cm is subtended by an angle of 3 radians. The area of
this sector is equal to the area of a smaller circular cake with a radius of 10 cm. Calculate the
radius of the larger cake, x cm.
Hint: Sketch the slice of cake and the smaller cake.
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When the angle is given in radians, Area of sector = 2 r2θ

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