A Radioactive Element Has a Half-Life of 1

question 71

Multiple Choice

A radioactive element has a half-life of 1.6 hours.How many hours will it take for the number of atoms present to decay to one-sixteenth of the initial value?

• A)26
• B)13
• C)6.4
• D)0.15
• E)16

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