A 116.8 ng sample of an unknown radioactive substance was placed in storage and its mass measured periodically. After 47 days the amount of radioactive substance had decreased to 14.60 ng. How many half-lives of the unknown radioactive substance have occurred? number of half-lives: half-lives I TOOLS x10
A 116.8 ng sample of an unknown radioactive substance was placed in storage and its mass measured periodically. After 47 days the amount of radioactive substance had decreased to 14.60 ng. How many half-lives of the unknown radioactive substance have occurred? number of half-lives: half-lives I TOOLS x10
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A 116.8116.8 ng sample of an unknown radioactive substance was placed in storage and its mass measured periodically. After 47 days the amount of radioactive substance had decreased to 14.6014.60 ng. How many half‑lives of the unknown radioactive substance have occurred?
number of half-lives:
half-lives
![A 116.8 ng sample of an unknown radioactive substance was placed in storage and its mass measured periodically. After 47 days
the amount of radioactive substance had decreased to 14.60 ng. How many half-lives of the unknown radioactive substance
have occurred?
number of half-lives:
half-lives
* TOOLS
x10](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F840f535b-f075-49f5-9fe8-c5a30f6f8dd7%2F12b80756-7618-4949-bece-8dccba200e8e%2Fm219kxf_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:A 116.8 ng sample of an unknown radioactive substance was placed in storage and its mass measured periodically. After 47 days
the amount of radioactive substance had decreased to 14.60 ng. How many half-lives of the unknown radioactive substance
have occurred?
number of half-lives:
half-lives
* TOOLS
x10
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