Sunday, May 24, 2015

The element lawrencium has a half-life of 10 hours. What fraction of 1 ounce of lawrencium will remain after 4 days 4 hours?

4 days and 4 hours is 4(24)+4 = 100 hours 
so our quantity is halved 10 times over the time period: 

Q=Q%5B0%5D%2A%281%2F2%29%5E10 

Q=%281%2F1024%29%2AQ%5B0%5D


so its 1/1024 oz

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