The half-life of cesium-137 is 30 years. Suppose we have a100-mg sample.(a) Find the mass that remains after t  years. (b) How much of the sample remains after 100 years?

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Half Life

The concept of Half Life has numerous practical applications some of them includes figuring out the effective drug dosage to finding out when a radioactive becomes safe to use. If you look for a career in Nuclear Physics you will need this concept.