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Orlov [11]
3 years ago
11

If the half-life of a radioactive element is 4 days, how long will it take for three- fourths of a sample of the element to deca

y?
Chemistry
1 answer:
Jlenok [28]3 years ago
3 0

Answer:

\boxed{\text{8 da}}

Explanation:

The question will be easier to solve if we interpret it as, " How long will it take until one-fourth of a sample of the element remains,?"

The half-life of the element is the time it takes for half of it to decay.  

After one half-life, half (50 %) of the original amount will remain.  

After a second half-life, half of that amount (25 %) will remain, and so on.  

We can construct a table as follows:

\begin{array}{cccl}\textbf{No. of} & & \textbf{Fraction} & \\\textbf{half-lives} & \textbf{t/da} & \textbf{remaining} & \\1 & 4 & \dfrac{1}{2} & \\\\2 & 8 & \dfrac{1}{4}& \\\\3 & 12 & \dfrac{1}{8}& \\\end{array}

\text{We see that 8 da is two half-lives, and the fraction of the element remaining is $\frac{1}{4}$.}\\\text{It takes $\boxed{\textbf{8 da}}$ for three-fourths of the element to decay}

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