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suter [353]
3 years ago
5

Suppose that the half-life of an element is 1000 years. How many half-lives will it take before one-eighth of the original sampl

e remains?
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Physics
2 answers:
Zina [86]3 years ago
4 0

Answer:

the answer is 3

Explanation:

34kurt3 years ago
3 0

Answer:

3

Explanation:

The half-life of a radioactive isotope is the time it takes for the mass of the sample to halve.

This can be rewritten as follows:

m(t) = m_0 (\frac{1}{2})^n

where

m(t) is the mass of the sample at time t

m0 is the original mass of the sample

n is the number of half-lives that passed

We see that if we take n=3, the amount of original sample left is

m(t) = m_0 (\frac{1}{2})^3 = m_0 (\frac{1}{8})

So 3 (3 half-lives) is the correct answer.

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