Consider an initially pure 3.4 g sample of 67Ga, an isotope that has a half-life of 78
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Consider an initially pure 3.4 g sample of 67Ga, an isotope that has a half-life of 78 h.
(a) What is its initial decay rate?
(b) What is its decay rate 48 h later?
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