Determine the half-life of the substance that decays from A0 to A in time "t". A0= 51, A= 19, t= 15 hrs(I was given the answer of 10.5 hrs, but still do not know how to solve the problem)

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Determine the half-life of the substance that decays from A0 to A in time "t". A0= 51, A= 19, t= 15 hrs

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