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If you have 8 g of a radioactive element there will be Of the radioactive element left after one half life

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4g of the radioactive element present

Step-by-step explanation:

Radioactive elements are atoms that are unstable in normal conditions and are converted in another different atoms.

1 half life express the time that is need to decay the half of the initial amount of the radioactive element.

If initially we have 8g of the radioactive element, after 1 life we will have 8g/2 =

4g of the radioactive element present

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