The relatively scarce naturally occurring calcium isotope 48 Ca has a half-life of about 2 x 10

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The relatively scarce naturally occurring calcium isotope 48Ca has a half-life of about 2 x 1016 y.

(a) A small sample of this isotope is labeled as having an activity of 1.0 Ci. What is the mass of the 48Ca in the sample?

(b) What is unreasonable about this result?

(c) What assumption is responsible?

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