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A sample of a radioactive substance decayed to 92.5% of its original amount after a year. (Round your answers to two decimal places.) (a) What is the half-life of the substance? yr (b) How long would it take the sample to decay to 10% of its original amount? yr

A sample of a radioactive substance decayed to 92.5% of its original amount after a year. (Round your answers to two decimal places.) (a) What is the half-life of the substance? yr (b) How long would it take the sample to decay to 10% of its original amount? yr

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A sample of a radioactive substance decayed to 92.5 % of its original amount after a year. (Round your answers to two decimal places.) (a) What is the half-life of the substance? ◻ yr (b) How long would it take the sample to decay to 10 % of its original amount? ◻ yr

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