Step 2: Predict the Number of Nuclei at Each Half-Life
0.5"
Using the values from Step 1, predict the pattern
for the decay of 100 atoms over the course of eight
half-life cycles, Round to the nearest whole
number of atoms. Record in the appropriate
blanks
Time- Half-
Life Cycles, no
Initial
Radioactive Atoms
(Predicted)
100
1
1
0.5
А
2
0.25
A= 27
25
3
0.125
B
B = 16
4.
0.0625
6
C = 9
5
0.03125
С
D=4
6
0.015625
D
7
0.0078125
1
E
8
0.00390625
E
DONE
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