Using radioactive decay to investigate exponential functions

• Autores: Joel A. Bryan, Ruth Dover (ed. lit.), Patrick Harless (ed. lit.)
• Localización: Mathematics teacher, ISSN-e 2330-0582, ISSN 0025-5769, Vol. 106, Nº 1, 2012, págs. 52-58
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Students use random numbers to simulate radioactive decay and then compare the experimental results with the theoretical model. Graphing exponential functions, natural and common logarithms, and semilog graph paper are among the mathematics topics.