SOLUTION: A radioactive substance decats by 5% every hour. Intially rhere are 500g of substance.
a. How many grams remain after 6 hours?
b. What is the half life substance?
c. How
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Question 374179: A radioactive substance decats by 5% every hour. Intially rhere are 500g of substance.
a. How many grams remain after 6 hours?
b. What is the half life substance?
c. How long will it take the 500g to decay to 200g?
Answer by robertb(5830) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The equation to use is .
a.grams.
b. , , which gives , or hours.
c. implies that , or , or hours.
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