the disintegation rate of a certain radio acyive at any instantis 4750 disintegrations pe minute 5 minutes after the rate become 2700disintegrations per minutes , c calculate the 1- decay constant  ,2- half life of the sample  log10 1.760 = 0.2455 plz solve fast with  peice of paper

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the disintegation rate of a certain radio acyive at any instantis 4750 disintegrations pe minute 5 minutes after the rate become 2700disintegrations per minutes , c

calculate the 1- decay constant  ,2- half life of the sample 

log10 1.760 = 0.2455

plz solve fast with  peice of paper 

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