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Fluorine-18, which has a half-life of 110 min, is used in PET scans.a. If 100. mg of fluor...

Fluorine-18, which has a half-life of 110 min, is used in PET scans.

a. If 100. mg of fluorine-18 is shipped at 8:00 a.m., how many milligrams of the radioisotope are still active after 110 minutes?


b. If 100. mg of fluorine-18 is shipped at 8:00a.m., how many milligrams of the radioisotope are still active when the sample arrives at the radiology laboratory at 1:30 p.m.?

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