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Sphinxa [80]
3 years ago
12

the half life of a certain substance is 25 years. How long will it take for a sample of this substance to decay to 90% of its or

iginal amount ...?
Physics
1 answer:
Sveta_85 [38]3 years ago
3 0
10% =  1/2 ^n
*where n is number of half lives to reach 10%

n = ln10/ln2

and multiply by 25 gives 83.05 years to 2dp

Hope this helps
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