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Isotope of uranium 234U decays to thorium by the alpha decay with the half-life of 7.73 x 1012 s. How much of uranium-234 will remain in a 50.0 ng sample after 500,000 years (for simplicity consider calendar years of 365 days)? O 24.5 ng

Isotope of uranium 234U decays to thorium by the alpha decay with the half-life of 7.73 x 1012 s. How much of uranium-234 will remain in a 50.0 ng sample after 500,000 years (for simplicity consider calendar years of 365 days)? O 24.5 ng

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Isotope of uranium 234U decays to thorium by the alpha decay with the half-life of 7.73 x 1012 s. How much of uranium-234 will remain in a 50.0 ng sample after 500,000 years (for simplicity consider calendar years of 365 days)? O 24.5 ng O 12.2 ng O 0.243 ng O 70.2 ng O 6.50 ng
Transcribed Image Text:Isotope of uranium 234U decays to thorium by the alpha decay with the half-life of 7.73 x 1012 s. How much of uranium-234 will remain in a 50.0 ng sample after 500,000 years (for simplicity consider calendar years of 365 days)? O 24.5 ng O 12.2 ng O 0.243 ng O 70.2 ng O 6.50 ng
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