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Element X decays radioactively with a half life of 5 minutes. If there are 540 grams of Element X, how long, to the nearest tenth of a minute, would it take the element to decay to 252 grams?
3 years ago

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Answered by oobleck
540(1/2)^(x/5) = 252
now just solve for x
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