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Use the equation log P=-kd, which gives the percent P, as a decimal, of light passing through a substance of thickness d, in meters. 

The constant k for a piece of blue stained glass is 20. What percent of light will pass through a piece of this glass that is 0.005 meters thick?

And the answer is not 10 or 20 

 Nov 23, 2015
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log P   =  - kd

 

log P   = - 20 (0.005)

 

Log P  = -0.1

 

This says that P   =  

 

10^(-0.1)  = about  0.794   = about 79.4%

 

 

 

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 Nov 23, 2015
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thanks

 Nov 25, 2015

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