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  • 13-10-2017
  • Physics
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The half-life of plutonium-238 is 87.7 years. What percentage of the atoms in a sample of plutonium-238 will remain radioactive after 263.1 years?

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AL2006
AL2006 AL2006
  • 14-10-2017
263.1 is exactly three half-life, so the remaining portion is (1/2 x 1/2 x 1/2) of the original sample. That's 1/8 which is 12.5% .
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whateverpluto53
whateverpluto53 whateverpluto53
  • 17-11-2021

Answer:

12.5

87.5

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