Using the equation for decay, calculate the amount left of a radioactive sample amount N0 if the decay constant is 0.00125 secon

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Using the equation for decay, calculate the amount left of a radioactive sample amount N0 if the decay constant is 0.00125 secon

ds and the time is 180 seconds? (Hint: Your answer will not be a number. Instead, it will be a decimal or percent of the variable N0

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makkiz [27] · Answer 1 · 2023-06-26T12:41:52+03:00

The amount left of a radioactive sample amount N0 if the decay constant is 0.00125 seconds and the time is 180 seconds is 0.7999 N.

The time it takes for half of the original population of radioactive atoms to decay is called the half-life. The relationship between the half-life T1/2 and the decay constant is given by T1/2 = 0.693/λ.

N=N0e−λt
given λ = 0.00125 seconds
t = 180 seconds
Now putting values.
N=N0e−λt = 0.799
N= 0.7999.