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3 years ago

The half-life of cesium-137 is 30 years. Suppose we have a 200-mg sample. (a) Find the mass that remains after t years.

Chemistry

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scZoUnD [109]3 years ago

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Given:

Half life(t^ 1/2) :30 years

A0( initial mass of the substance): 200 mg.

Now we know that

A= A0/ [2 ^ (t/√t)]

Where A is the mass that remains after t years.

A0 is the initial mass

t is the time

t^1/2 is the half life

Substituting the given values in the above equation we get

A= [200/ 2^(t/30) ] mg

Thus the mass remaining after t years is [200/ 2^(t/30) ] mg

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