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What percentage of the original amount of Polonium-210 would be left after 600 days of decay?

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You need the decay constant, lambda,


N=N_0e^(-\lambda t)


After 600 days, and supposing you have t in days and some realtion between N and N0


\%=100(N_0/N)e^(-\lambda t)and lambda in 1/days, then


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