SOLUTION: A substance has a life of 1,523 years .What is fraction of the substance would be left after 10,000 years ?
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Question 571605: A substance has a life of 1,523 years .What is fraction of the substance would be left after 10,000 years ?
Answer by KMST(5328) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Each half life, the amount (or fraction) remaining, becomes 1/2 of what it was before. So the fraction remaining after years would be
So
= approximately 0.01=1/100 (or about 0.0106 if you want a couple more significant digits)
I would say that after 10,000 years about 1/100 (or 1%) of the substance is left.
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