The decay function is .
(a).
\After an year the mass of tritium-3 is decayed to .
Find the mass of the function after an year.
\Substitute in the equation
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Substitute in the equation
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Let the half life be then
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Substitute in the above equation
Apply logarithm on each side.
\Half life time is years.
(b)
\The decay function is .
Find the value of .
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Find time to decay % of its original amount.
Substitute in the above equation.
Time taken to decay to % of its original amount is
years.
(a) Half life time is years.
(b) Time taken to decay to % of its original amount is
years.