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Answer: 29.0 years
Explanation:
Expression for rate law for first order kinetics is given by:
where,
k = rate constant
t = age of sample
a = let initial amount of the reactant
a - x = amount left after decay process
a) for completion of half life:
Half life is the amount of time taken by a radioactive material to decay to half of its original value.
b) for decomposition of 80 % of reactant
The age of a suspected vintage wine that is 20 % as radioactive as a freshlybottled specimen is 29.0 years