The half-life of strontium-90 is 28 years. How many years will it take a 56 mg sample to decay to a mass of 14 mg?

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Section10.5: Solve Exponential And Logarithmic Equations
Problem 10.89TI: The half-life of magnesium-27 is 9.45 minutes. How much of a 10-mg sample will be left in 6 minutes?
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The half-life of strontium-90 is 28 years. How many years will it take a 56 mg sample to decay to a mass of 14 mg?

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Half -life of strontium-90 is 28 years .

T1/2 = 28 years 

 

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