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  • 16-03-2020
  • Chemistry
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If you have 100 grams of a radioactive isotope with a half life of 10 years how much of the isotope will you have left after 20 years

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Mistystar4881
Mistystar4881 Mistystar4881
  • 27-03-2020

Hey there!

A half-life means after a certain amount of time, half of that substance will be gone/changed after that time.

There are two half lives in 20 years because 20 ÷ 10 = 2.

So, we divide the 100g sample in half 2 times.

100 ÷ 2 = 50

50 ÷ 2 = 25

There will be 25g of the radioactive sample remaining after two half lives.

Hope this helps!

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