The half-life of radon is 3.8 days. Calculate the number of disintegrations per second of 2.5 g of radon (a) 4.6x10 disintegrations/s (b) 1.43x106 disintegrations/s (c) 1.1x10'6 disintegrations/s (d) 7.6x106 disintegrations/s

The half-life of radon is 3.8 days. Calculate the number of disintegrations per second of 2.5 g of radon (a) 4.6x10 disintegrations/s (b) 1.43x106 disintegrations/s (c) 1.1x10'6 disintegrations/s (d) 7.6x106 disintegrations/s

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The half-life of radon is 3.8 days. Calculate the number of disintegrations per second of
2.5 g of radon
(a) 4.6x10 disintegrations/s
(b) 1.43x106 disintegrations/s
(c) 1.1x10'6 disintegrations/s
(d) 7.6x106 disintegrations/s

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