A scientist is working with a radioactive element Radon. The number of atoms every minute is represented by the function: R(x) = 500(0. 5)*, where x is the number of minutes and R(x) is the number of ato a. Interpret the y-intercept in context of the problem. b. How many Radon atoms remain after two and a half minutes, round your answer to the nearest whole number.

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A scientist is working with a radioactive element Radon. The number of atoms every minute is represented by the function: R(x) = 500(0. 5)*, where x is the number of minutes and R(x) is the number of atoms remaining.
a. Interpret the y-intercept in context of the problem.
b. How many Radon atoms remain after two and a half minutes, round your answer to the nearest whole number.
c. Given the domain {0, 1, 2, 3}, state the range of function R(x).
Transcribed Image Text:A scientist is working with a radioactive element Radon. The number of atoms every minute is represented by the function: R(x) = 500(0. 5)*, where x is the number of minutes and R(x) is the number of atoms remaining. a. Interpret the y-intercept in context of the problem. b. How many Radon atoms remain after two and a half minutes, round your answer to the nearest whole number. c. Given the domain {0, 1, 2, 3}, state the range of function R(x).
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