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Find the half-life of a radioactive sample if its decay constant is $1.72 \times 10^{4}$ decays/s.
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The decay constant $\lambda$ is given as $1.72 \times 10^{4}$ decays/s. We are asked to find the half-life of the radioactive sample, which we will denote as $T$. Show more…
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