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In 3 minutes, one half of an original sample of polonium will decay. What happens to the other half?
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In 3 minutes, one half of an original sample of polonium will decay. What happens to the other half?

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The other half of the polonium would remain polonium, until another half of it decays in another 3 minutes. This cycle would continue until there is no more polonium left over.
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