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Approximately how many radioactive atoms are present in a tritium sample with an activity of 0.6  10-6 Ci and a half-life of 12.3 years? (1 Ci = 3.7  1010 decays/s)
 a. 4  1010
  c. 7  108
  b. 2  108
  d. 1  1013

Question 2

Tritium has a half-life of 12.3 years. What proportion of its original radioactivity will a sample have after 6 years?
 a. 0.55
  c. 0.84
  b. 0.60
  d. 0.71
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Reply #1 on: Jul 28, 2018
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