Iodine-131 has a half-life of 8 days. How much would be left of an original 40 g sample after 40 days?
a) 32g
b) 8g
c) 131g
d) 1.25g
e) 0.8g​

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Answer:

d) 1.25 g

Step-by-step explanation:

If it has a half life of 40 days, there will be 5 half-lives in that span of time so if you divide 40 by 2, 5 times or just [tex]\frac{40}{2^{5} }[/tex], it will equal 1.25.

[tex]\frac{40}{2}=20\\[/tex]

[tex]\frac{20}{2} =10[/tex]

[tex]\frac{10}{2} =5[/tex]

[tex]\frac{5}{2} =2.5\\[/tex]

[tex]\frac{2.5}{2} =1.25[/tex]

Answer: 1.25g

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