A sample of a radioactive metal starts with a mass of 400 grams. When a chemist examines it later, it has gone through 4 half-lives. How much metal remains? *

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A sample of a radioactive metal starts with a mass of 400 grams. When a 10 po
chemist examines it later, it has gone through 4 half-lives. How much
metal remains? *
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