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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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Reply #1 on: Mar 21, 2021
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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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