A radioisotope of technetium is useful in medical imagingtechniques. A sample initially contains 80.0 mg of this isotope. After 24.0 h, only 5.0 mg of the technetium isotoperemains. What is the half-life of the isotope?(a) 3.0 h (b) 6.0 h (c) 12.0 h (d) 16.0 h (e) 24.0 h

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A radioisotope of technetium is useful in medical imaging
techniques. A sample initially contains 80.0 mg of this isotope. After 24.0 h, only 5.0 mg of the technetium isotope
remains. What is the half-life of the isotope?
(a) 3.0 h (b) 6.0 h (c) 12.0 h (d) 16.0 h (e) 24.0 h

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