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  • 25-01-2017
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The half-life of Plutonium-23 is 30 min. How much of a 1500 mg sample will be left 5 hours from now?

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apologiabiology
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  • 25-01-2017
half life means exactly 1/2 of what's left decays
example

if yo has 16grams
if half life is 1 hour, after 1 hour, 8g is left
after another hour, 4g is left
after another your, 2g is left
etc


so find how many half lifes have elapes

so

the amount left after n halflives when you start with P amount is
A=P(1/2)^n

5hr=60*5=300mins
300/30=10
10 half lifves

P=1500
n=10
A=1500(1/2)^10
A=375/256
A≈1.46484g
about 1.5g left
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