a 32 gram radioactive sample has a half-life of 2 days how much of the original sample remains after 6 days
Chemistry · High School · Tue Nov 03 2020
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Given the statement:
a 32 gram radioactive sample has a half-life of 2 days
Determine how much of the original sample remains after 6 days
Explanation:
To clearly understand the given statement, half life means that every specific period of time the value or amount of the measurement decreases by the total half of the measurement. In the given statement, 32 grams of radioactive sample decreases by a half every 2 days. We can manually solve this by proportion:
32 = 2 days
16 = 4 days
8 = 6 days
This means that after 6 days, the original sample will be 8 grams.