SOLUTION: A radioactive element decays at a rate of 7%. What is the half-life of the element ( exact answer).
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Question 1006391: A radioactive element decays at a rate of 7%. What is the half-life of the element ( exact answer).
Answer by ikleyn(52787) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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7% is not a rate.
It is an amount.
A rate is 7% at given time.
Use the terms correctly.
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