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timurjin [86]
2 years ago
10

The half-life of protactinium-226 is 2 minutes if you started with 20 grams of pa-226 how much do you have after 8 minutes

Biology
1 answer:
Hunter-Best [27]2 years ago
4 0

Divide the amount in half for every 2 minutes

0 minutes = 20 grams

2 minutes = 20/2 = 10

4 minutes = 10/2 = 5

6 minutes = 5/2 = 2.5

8  minutes = 2.5/2 = 1.25 grams

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