4. A radioactive isotope has a half-life of 10 years. What fraction of theoriginal mass will remain unchanged after 50 years? Show your work.5. After 62.0 hours, 1.0 g remains unchanged from a sample of 42K. Howmany grams were in the original sample? Explain how you determinedyour answer.

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