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Indium-117 has a half-life of 43 minutes. If you start with 500 grams of indium-117, how much time will it take to have 31.25 grams of indium-117 left in the sample?

A. 172 minutes
B. 86 minutes
C. 215 minutes
D. 129 minutes

User Yasir Ijaz
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The answer is A. 172 minutes.
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