The radioactive isotope 133-54 Xe is used in pulmonary respiratory studies to image the blood flow and the air reaching the lungs. The half-life of this isotope is 5 days.  Part 1: A hospital needs 0.100 g of 133-54 Xe  for a lung-imaging test. If it takes 10 daysdays to receive the shipment, what is the minimal amount mXe of xenon that the hospital should order? Part 2: How long a time (t) will it take for the 133-54 Xe to decay so that eventually its activity decreases by a factor of 1024? Express in terms of days.

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The radioactive isotope 133-54 Xe is used in pulmonary respiratory studies to image the blood flow and the air reaching the lungs. The half-life of this isotope is 5 days. 

Part 1: A hospital needs 0.100 g of 133-54 Xe  for a lung-imaging test. If it takes 10 daysdays to receive the shipment, what is the minimal amount mXe of xenon that the hospital should order?

Part 2: How long a time (t) will it take for the 133-54 Xe to decay so that eventually its activity decreases by a factor of 1024? Express in terms of days.

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