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Half-Life Find the half-life of each radioactive substance. See Example $2 .$Radium-226 $; A(t)=A_{0} e^{-0.00043 t}$
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00043 t}$ which describes the decay of Radium-226 over time. We want to find the half-life, which is the time it takes for half of the substance to decay. This means we want to find the time $t$ when $A(t) = \frac{1}{2}A_{0}$. Show more…
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