Question: A radioactive sample's half - life is 6 4 . 8 days. 1 day = 2 4 hours, 1 hour = 6 0 min, 1

A radioactive sample's half-life is 64.8 days. 1 day =24 hours, 1 hour =60 min, 1min =60 s
Part A
What is the decay constant in day-1?
Keep 4 digits after the decimal point.
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Part B
What is the decay constant in s-1?
Use scientific notations, format 1.234*10n.
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The initial sample is 5.0 kgkg . Some time after the initial sample was prepared, it was found that 0.5072 kgkg of the radioactive material has decayed.
Part C - What is the mass of the radioactive material that remains in the sample?
Keep 3 digits after the decimal point.
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Part D - Find the time for Part C, in days.
Keep 2 digits after the decimal point.
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New case: Another sample
Part E - New case: To have an initial activity of R0R0=10275.78 BqBq (decays/s), what is the number of radioactive nuclei in the initial sample?
Use scientific notations, 1.234*10n
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Part F - New case: After 10.0 daysdays what is the activity in decays/s (Bq)?
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Part G - New case: same sample as in Part E and F. How many days does it take for the activity to reach 8296.68 BqBq ?
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tnewtnew =
nothing
daysdays

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