Ql: A radioactive material produces 1280 decays per minute at one time, and 4.6 h later produces 320 decays per minute. What is its half-life?

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Ql: A radioactive material produces 1280 decays per minute at one time, and 4.6 h later
produces 320 decays per minute. What is its half-life?
Q3: The mass of carbon in an animal bone fragment found in an archeological site is 200 g.
If the bone registers activity of 16 decays/s, what is it age?
Transcribed Image Text:Ql: A radioactive material produces 1280 decays per minute at one time, and 4.6 h later produces 320 decays per minute. What is its half-life? Q3: The mass of carbon in an animal bone fragment found in an archeological site is 200 g. If the bone registers activity of 16 decays/s, what is it age?
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