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You have 44,544 grams of a radioactive kind of europium. If its half-life is 9 years, how much

will be left after 45 years?

User Doel
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Answer:

approximately 1,392 grams

Explanation:

The decay of a radioactive substance can be modeled using the formula:

N(t) = N0 * (1/2)^(t / T)

where:

N(t) is the amount of the substance remaining after time t,

N0 is the initial amount of the substance,

t is the time for which we want to calculate the remaining amount,

T is the half-life of the substance.

Given that you have 44,544 grams of europium and its half-life is 9 years, we can use the formula to calculate the amount remaining after 45 years.

Plugging in the values:

N0 = 44,544 grams

t = 45 years

T = 9 years

N(45) = 44,544 * (1/2)^(45/9)

Now we can calculate N(45):

N(45) = 44,544 * (1/2)^(5)

Using the exponent rule for fractional exponents:

(1/2)^5 = 1/32

N(45) = 44,544 * 1/32

N(45) = 1,392 grams (rounded to the nearest gram)

So, after 45 years, approximately 1,392 grams of europium will be left.

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