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a radioactive tracer has a half-life of 2 hours. how much of a 2500g sample will be avalible after 18 hours

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Answer:

4.88g

Step-by-step explanation:

We must first calculate how many half-life there are in 18 hours, knowing that each half life takes 2 hours.

18/2 = 9 Half life

Now, knowing this we can calculate the number of grams by applying 9 times the half life.

2500/2= 4.88 grams

Which means that after 18 hours there are 4.88 grams.

User SeeDerekEngineer
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Answer:

i believe the answer is 2.44140625 grams remaining

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