Melanie began studying a sample of the chemical element einsteinium-253 which naturally loses its mass over time. The relationship between the elapsed time, t, in days, since Melanie started studying the sample, and the total mass remaining in the sample, M(t), in micrograms, is modeled by the following function: M(t)=169⋅(0.96)^t. How much percent does the chemical element lose weight by everyday?

The chemical element loses 4% of its weight everyday

Step-by-step explanation:

Here, we are interested in knowing the percentage weight loss of the chemical each day.

The key to answering this is looking at the expression inside the bracket.

We can express M(t) = 169•(0.96)^t as

M(t) = 169•(1-0.04)^t

So what this means is that we need to find the percentage value corresponding to 0.04 since it is a constant term here

Mathematically, 0.04 is same as 4/100, so we can clearly say that the constant percentage loss is 4%