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Half-Life of Tritium This is a continuation of Example 4.1. We stated in Example 4.1 that the half-life of a radioactive substance does not depend on the initial amount. Using the information from Example 4.1, show that it takes the same amount of time for
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EXAMPLE 4.1 RADIOACTIVE DECAY
Radioactive substances decay over time, and the rate of decay depends on the element. If, for example, there are
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