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Half-Life of Radioactive Substance

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A scientist prepares a sample of radioactive substance. One year later, the sample contains 3 grams of the substance; 2 year later there is only 1 gram. Determine how much of the radioactive substance was present initially.

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The decay of radioactive materials can be expressed in the following form (see ...

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