1. Radium decomposes in air at the rate proportional to the present amount. If initially
there are 20 grams, and after 10 years, 0.6% of the original decomposed:
a. Set a model that will predict the amount of radium at any time t.
b. When will the radium be half-life?
c. What is the amount remaining in 900 years?
2. Radium decomposes in air at the rate proportional to the amount present. It is found
out that in 25 years, 1.1% of a certain amount decomposed. Determine approximately
how long will it take:
a. For one-half of the original amount to decompose?
b. 20% of the amount to decompose
c. What percent of the amount will decompose in 50 years?
3. The population of the town grows at the rate proportional to the population present at
any time t. The initial population of 500 increases by 15% in 10 years. What will be the
population in 30 years?
4. A thermometer reading 10 degrees Celsius is brought in a room whose temperature is
18 degrees Celsius. One minute later, the thermometer reading is 14 degrees Celsius.
How long does it take until the reading becomes 16 degrees Celsius?
5. A metal is heated to a temperature of 500 degrees Celsius. It is then exposed to a
temperature of 38 degrees Celsius. After two minutes, the temperature of the metal
becomes 190 degrees Celsius. When will the temperature be 100 degrees Celsius? What
is the temperature after 4 minutes?
6. A thermometer is taken from an inside room to the outside, where the air temperature
is 5 degrees Fahrenheit. After one minute, the thermometer reads 55 degrees
Fahrenheit and after five minutes it reads 30 degrees Fahrenheit. What was the initial
temperature of the thermometer when inside the room?
7. A tank contains 200 litres of fluid in which 30 grams of salt or dissolved. Brine containing
1 gram of salt per litre is then pumped into the tank at the rate of four litres per minute
and the solution mixed well is pumped out of the same rate.
a. Find the number of grammes of salt in the tank at any time t in minutes.
b. Find the amount of salt in the tank after 5 minutes.
8. Brine containing 3 pounds per gallons of salt enters a large tank at the rate of two
gallons per minute and the mixture well stirred leaves at 1.5 gallons per minute. If the
tank contains initially 100 gallons of water, with four pounds of dissolved salt,
a. Find the amount of salt in data at any time t in minutes.
b. Find the amount of salt in the tank after 4 minutes.