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1. A source has a half-life of 12 hours and an initial activity of 10mCi. After 4 days what is its activity?

2. Calculate the % of activity remaining in a source after 10 half lives.
3. a. A radionuclide decays 1% in one day. Calculate the half life.
b. A radionuclide decays 70% in one day. Calculate the half life.

4. A sample of 10.0 mCi of radioisotope decays 1.2 % in a single day
a. What is the activity after one day?
b After 30 days?

5. A sample of Cs- 137 initially contains 1000 atoms. How many Cs- 137 atoms does the sample contain after 2 years?

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1. A source has a half-life of 12 hours and an initial activity of 10mCi. after 4 days what is its activity?
Well as you may see the half life mentioned of 12 hours (0.5 days) is a integer divisor of 4 days; thus we basically identify that 0.5 days goes into 4 days by 8 times

We therefore use the fact that For every half life that passes we measure half the activity of the sample . As 8 half lives pass by in the duration of 4 days passing the activity after 4 days is the initial measured activity 10mCi multiplied by (0.5)^8

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