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  • 23-11-2016
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Suppose you have 50 grams of a radioactive isotope with a half-life of 2 years. How much of the isotope will you have after 4 years?
A) 50
B) 25
C) 12.5

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  • 29-11-2016
A half-life of two years, means that the original amount will decay to half the original amount in two years.
So, if you have 50 grams of a radioactive isotope with a half-life of 2 years, after 2 years it will have 25 grams. But since we are looking for after 4 years, then you divide it by 4. The correct answer is that it will have C. 12.5 grams of isotope after 4 years.
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