A radioactive sample has a half-life of 10 s. 10,000 nuclei are present at t = 20
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A radioactive sample has a half-life of 10 s. 10,000 nuclei are present at t = 20 s.
a. How many nuclei were there at t = 0 s?
b. How many nuclei will there be at t = 40 s?
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