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Radioactive Decay Plutonium 239 is used as fuel for some nuclear reactors,...

Radioactive Decay Plutonium 239 is used as fuel for some nuclear reactors, and also as the fissionable material in atomic bombs. It has a half-life of 24,400 years. How long would it take 10 grams of plutonium 239 to decay to 1 gram? (Round your answer to three significant digits.)

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