1 A radioisotope has a half life of 4 days. How much of a 20-gram sample of this radioisotope remains at the end of each time period? A. 4 Days B. 8 Days 2 The mass of Cobalt-60 in a sample is found to have decreased from 0.800 grams to 0.2000 grams in a period of 10.5 years. From this information, calculate the half-life of Cobalt-60

1 A radioisotope has a half life of 4 days. How much of a 20-gram sample of this radioisotope remains at the end of each time period? A. 4 Days B. 8 Days 2 The mass of Cobalt-60 in a sample is found to have decreased from 0.800 grams to 0.2000 grams in a period of 10.5 years. From this information, calculate the half-life of Cobalt-60

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