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Question 1

The number of a certain radioactive nuclide present in a sample decays from 160. to 20. in 41 minutes. What is the half-life of this radioactive species?

9 minutes
14 minutes
19 minutes
24 minutes
29 minutes

Question 2

The number of half-lives needed for a radioactive element to decay to about 6% of its original activity is (choose nearest number):

2
3
4
5
6


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Marked as best answer by wrbasek0 on Mar 21, 2021

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wrbasek0

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Reply 2 on: Mar 21, 2021
Great answer, keep it coming :)


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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

 

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