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Turtoneom Has a half-life of four years. Suppose a company has 400 mg of tortoni him. How much will be left after 20 years?

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\textit{Amount for Exponential Decay using Half-Life} \\\\ A=P\left( (1)/(2) \right)^{(t)/(h)}\qquad \begin{cases} A=\textit{current amount}\\ P=\textit{initial amount}\dotfill &400\\ t=\textit{elapsed time}\dotfill &20\\ h=\textit{half-life}\dotfill &4 \end{cases} \\\\\\ A=400\left( (1)/(2) \right)^{(20)/(4)}\implies A=400\left( (1)/(2) \right)^5\implies A=12.5

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