Fermium-253 Has a Half-Life Of $3.00$ Days If a Sample of Fermium Originally Has

question 76

Multiple Choice

Fermium-253 has a half-life of $3.00$ days. If a sample of fermium originally has $7.37 \times 10^7$ nuclei, how long will it take for there to be only $3.36 \times 10^6$ fermium-253 nuclei left in this sample?

• A) \(15.7\) days
• B) \(9.80\) days
• C) \(58.6\) days
• D) \(2.75\) days
• E) \(13.4\) days

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