Radioactive Nitrogen-13 Has a Half-Life of 10 Minutes

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Short Answer

Radioactive nitrogen-13 has a half-life of 10 minutes.After 40 minutes, how much of this isotope would remain in a sample that originally contained 96 mg?

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