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Radium 226 gives half-life exponentially quantity of a metal with a half life of 1600 years, If you start with one kilogram of Radium how much will you have in 1000 years? How much after 10,000 years?

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This solution calculate the quantity of radium that would be remaining after 10,000 years given it's half-life of 1600 years

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First, let M(t) be the mass of radium in t years, the half-life ...

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