ASK YOUR TEACH If the amount of radioactive lodine-123, used to treat thyroid cancer, in a sample decreases from 0.8 mg to 0.2 mg in 26.4 h, what is the half-life of iodine-123? Submit Answer MY NOTES

ASK YOUR TEACH If the amount of radioactive lodine-123, used to treat thyroid cancer, in a sample decreases from 0.8 mg to 0.2 mg in 26.4 h, what is the half-life of iodine-123? Submit Answer MY NOTES

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