An accident in 1986 at the chernobyl nuclear plant in the ukraine released a large amount of plutonium (pu-239) into the atmosphere. the half-life of pu-239 is about 24,110 years. use the function n(t)=n0 e^−kt. find the decay constant.

Abox contains 1 plain pencil and 4 pens. a second box contains 5 color pencils and 5 crayons. one item from each box is chosen at random. what is the probability that a plain pencil from the first box and a color pencil from the second box are selected? write your answer as a fraction in simplest form.

Awoman has 14 different shirts: 10 white shirts and 4 red shirts. if she randomly chooses 2 shirts to take with her on vacation, then what is the probability that she will choose two white shirts? show your answer in fraction and percent, round to the nearest whole percent.

Astandard deck of cards contains 52 cards. one card is selected from the deck. (a) compute the probability of randomly selecting a diamond or heart. (type an integer or a decimal rounded to three decimal places as needed.) (b) compute the probability of randomly selecting a diamond or heart or club. (type an integer or a decimal rounded to three decimal places as needed.) (c) compute the probability of randomly selecting queen or club. (type an integer or a decimal rounded to three decimal places as needed.)