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21 March, 06:29

Uranium-238 decays very slowly. its half-life is 4.47 billion years.

What percentage of a sample of Uranium-238 will remain after 13.4 billion years?

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  1. 21 March, 06:42
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    13.4 billion years is 3 times of the half-life, 4.47 billion years. So the Uranium-238 will go through three times of half decay. So the remain percentage will be 50%*50%*50%=12.5%.
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