Answer: Friction.
Explanation: Even though the driver has taken the foot off thr gas pedal, the acceleration of the car decreases and the friction continues.
The car slows down because the opposite force of friction continues to act and the acceleration in forward direction is continuous decreasing. Hence, the car slows down.
The radioactive decay obeys first order kinetics
the rate law expression for radioactive decay is
![ln\frac{[A_{0}]}{[A_{t}]}=kt](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=ln%5Cfrac%7B%5BA_%7B0%7D%5D%7D%7B%5BA_%7Bt%7D%5D%7D%3Dkt)
Where
A0 = initial concentration
At = concentration after time "t"
t = time
k = rate constant
For first order reaction the relation between rate constant and half life is:

Let us calculate k
k = 0.693 / 72 = 0.009625 years⁻¹
Given
At = 0.25 A0

time = 144 years
So after 144 years the sample contains 25% parent isotope and 75% daughter isotopes**
Simply two half lives
Take the 72 g and divid it by 6 which would equal 12 g each