DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS

BASIC MATHEMATICS FOR NATURAL SCIENCE

GROUP ASSIGNMENET II- 10%

Deadline for submission: July 18, 2022

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Show all the necessary steps for each of the following problems

1. Discuss all the necessary steps and sketch the graph of ( )

2. Suppose a radioactive substance decays according to the equation where
represent the mass in grams after hours.
a) Calculate the mass of the substance after hours have elapsed
b) Assume that the half-life of radium is 1600 years. If milligrams of radium are
initially present, write the formula for the number of milligrams present after
years.
c) How much of milligram will remain after years?
3. A cable of a suspension bridge hangs in the form of a parabola when the load is uniformly
distributed horizontally. The distance between two towers is 1500 ft, the points of support of
the cable on the towers are 200ft above the road way and the lowest point on the cable is 70ft
above the roadway. Find the vertical distance to the cable (parallel to the roadway) from a
pole whose height is 122 ft.
4. Find the equation of an ellipse passing through ( ) with foci at ( ) ( ).

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