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19 April, 04:49

If a original sample of radioactive uranium-238 had a mass of 400 grams, what is the total amount of the uranium-238 sample that would be left after 9 billion years?

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  1. 19 April, 04:53
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    Since the half-life is 4.5 billion years, two half-lives would have elapsed after 9 billion years.

    If you start with 400 g, half decays during the first half-life, leaving 200 g.

    During the second half-life, half of the 200 g decays, leaving 100 g.
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