The half life of caffeine in the human body is 6 hours. There is approximately 260 mg of caffeine in a Grande Starbucks coffee. If you drank the coffee at 9am, what time would it be when there is only 65 mg of caffeine left in your body?

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Writing and Balancing Nuclear Equations

A nuclear equation is a symbolic representation of a nuclear reaction using certain symbols. It is studied in nuclear chemistry and nuclear physics.