Suppose That in a Certain Collection of Nuclei There Were $20.0$

question 139

Short Answer

Suppose that in a certain collection of nuclei there were initially 1024 billion nuclei, and $20.0$ minutes later there was only $1.00$ billion nuclei left, the others having decayed. On the basis of this information, how many nuclei would you estimate decayed in the first $6.00$ minutes?

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