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40. Determine the amount of time for polonium-210 to decay to one fourth its original quantity. The half-life of polonium-210 is 138 days. Please show all work. (ref: p.808-813)
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40. Determine the amount of time for polonium-210 to decay to one fourth its original quantity. The

half-life of polonium-210 is 138 days. Please show all work. (ref: p.808-813)

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276 days

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User Apurv
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276 days

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in order to decay to half, it will be 138 days. in order to half that again down to a quarter, it will be another 138 days. 138+138 is 276, thus, 276 days.

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