Inert properties
<span>Nitrogen is used to protect steel from water because it has inert properties that make it a good blanketing gas.</span>
The answer is 3.
<span>The relation between number of half-lives (n) and decimal amount remaining (x) can be expressed as:
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We need to calculate n, but we need x to do that. To calculate what p<span>ercentage of a radioactive species would be found as daughter material, we must calculate what amount remained:
1.28 -</span> 1.12 = 0.16
If 1.28 is 100%, how much percent is 0.16:
1.28 : 100% = 0.16 : x
x = 12.5%
Presented as decimal amount:
x = 0.125
Now, let's implement this in the equation:
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Because of the exponent, we will log both sides of the equation:


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Therefore, 3 half-lives have passed <span> since the sample originally formed.</span>
Answer:
Genotypes are related with the collection of genes expressed in the DNA.
Explanation:
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In genetics, two specific terms define the characteristics of a living thing; a genotype and a phenotype; thus, phenotypes are related with the physical manifestation of genes, for instance, red hair, blue eyes, long arms and others.
On the other hand, genotypes are related with the collection of genes expressed in the DNA, and they could be for equal alleles or for different alleles, in other words, it is the version of DNA the living thing has.
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Answer:
See images attached and explanation
Explanation:
I have drawn three possible structures of ZX2. We have to remember that the shapes of molecules could be predicted on the basis of the Valence shell electron pair repulsion theory.
The number of electrons on the valence shell of the central atom determines the shape of the molecule. We have also been told that X is not hydrogen.
If the two X atoms are arranged at a bond angle of 180 degrees, we could have either structure I or II. We will have these structures if the Z atom is sp2 hybridized.
Similarly, if the Z atom is sp3 hybridized, we may have structure III in which the molecule is bent with a bond angle less than 109 degrees. This may result from the presence of a lone pair on Z.
Note that all these structures obey the octet rule.