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The half-life of a sample of 1011 atoms that decay by alpha particle emission is 10...

The half-life of a sample of 1011 atoms that decay by alpha particle emission is 10 min?How many alpha particles are emitted in the time interval from 10 min to 100 min?

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A 10 min the fraction that remains will be 1/2 of the original
And at 100 mins the fraction that remains will be 1/(2 ^10) of the original

so the amount lost in the time interval is 10 ^11 * (1/2 - 1/2 ^ 10) = 4.99 * 10 ^ 10

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