A Scientist Decides to Check the Tritium Concentration in a Bottle

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A scientist decides to check the tritium concentration in a bottle of "50-year-old" Scotch to determine when it was bottled.S/he finds that the ³H concentration in the Scotch is 4.4% that of the ³H concentration in the water on the Isle of Islay, where the Scotch was bottled.How old is the Scotch? (The half-life of tritium is 12.3 years.)

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