<span>Sample #2 and sample #3 must have the equal volume as sample #1 ,if the masses of the both samples are equal to mass of sample #1.
Otherwise, the volume would vary if the masses are not equal.</span>
The answer is 1/16.
Half-life is the time required for the amount of a sample to half its value.
To calculate this, we will use the following formulas:
1.

,
where:
<span>n - a number of half-lives
</span>x - a remained fraction of a sample
2.

where:
<span>

- half-life
</span>t - <span>total time elapsed
</span><span>n - a number of half-lives
</span>
So, we know:
t = 10 min
<span>

= 2.5 min
We need:
n = ?
x = ?
</span>
We could first use the second equation to calculate n:
<span>If:

,
</span>Then:

⇒

⇒

<span>
</span>
Now we can use the first equation to calculate the remained fraction of the sample.
<span>

</span>⇒

<span>⇒

</span>
Answer:
CERN uses a series of particle accelerators to accelerate protons to their end speeds in the LHC. The first accelerator is the linear accelerator Linac 2. At one end of Linac 2, hydrogen from a bottle is passed through an electric field to strip off the electrons, leaving positively charged protons.
Explanation: