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You have 8,640 grams of a radioactive kind of cesium. If its half-life is 30 years, how much
will be left after 120 years?
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The mass of cesium left afer 120 years if the original mass of cesium is 8640 with an half-life of 30 years,  is 540 grams.

What is half-life?

This can be defined as the time taken for half the amount of a radioactive substance to decay.

To calculate the amount of cesium left after 120 years, we use the formua below.

Formula:

  • R' = R/([tex]2^{T/t}[/tex])............. Equation 1

Where:

  • R = Original amount of Cesium
  • R' = New amount of cesium
  • T = Total time
  • t = Half-life

From the question,

Given:

  • R = 8640
  • T = 120 years
  • t = 30 years

Substitute these values into equation 1

  • R' = 8640/([tex]2^{120/30}[/tex])
  • R' = 8640/[tex]2^{4}[/tex]
  • R' = 8640/16
  • R' = 540 grams.

Hence, The mass of cesium left afer 120 years is 540 grams.

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