document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1103346>Question 1103346</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The half-life of a radioactive isotope is the time it takes for a quantity of the isotope to be reduced to half its initial mass. Starting with <BR>\n" );
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document.write( " grams of a radioactive isotope, how much will be left after <BR>\n" );
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document.write( " half-lives?  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Five half-lives, starting with 130 grams of the material\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Here is after ONE half-life:  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=130%2A%281%2F2%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"130%2A%281%2F2%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >;<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Can you take the question the rest of the way? </SPAN>\n" );
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