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(Solved): The half-life of plutonium-241 is approximately 13 years. (a) How much of a sample weighing 5g wi ...
The half-life of plutonium-241 is approximately 13 years. (a) How much of a sample weighing 5g will remain after 100 years? (b) How much time is necessary for a sample weighing 5g to decay to 0.1g ? (a) After 100 years, 9 will remain. (Do not round until the final answer. Then round to four decimal places as needed.) (b) The sample will decay to 0.1g after years. (Do not round until the final answer. Then round to the nearest year)