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If you have 10 grams of a substance Tha.t decays with a half-life of 14 days, then how much will you have after 42 days?

3.13g

6.25g

1.25g

2.50g

User Kmera
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The answer would be 1.25g

Since you have 10g of a substance, you would need to half your substance by doing this: 42/14=3
Once doing this you would half your substance 3 times like so:
10/2=5
5/2=2.5
2.5/2=1.25
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