The half-life of a radioactive isotope is the time required for half the quantity of the isotope

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The half-life of a radioactive isotope is the time required for half the quantity of the isotope to decompose. The half-life of uranium-238 is 4.5 x 109 years,and the half-life of uranium-234 is 2.5 x 109 years. How many times greater is the half-life of uranium-238 than uranium-234?


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A Survey of Mathematics with Applications

ISBN: 978-0134112107

10th edition

Authors: Allen R. Angel, Christine D. Abbott, Dennis Runde

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