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The half-life of a radioactive isotope is 10 years. About how long would it take 5 grams of the isotope to decay until there were only 2.5 grams left?

A. 10 years
B. 20 years
C. 30 years
D. 40 years

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Option A. 10 years

Step-by-step explanation:

we know that

Half-life [tex](t^{\frac{1}{2}})[/tex] is the amount of time required for a quantity to fall to half its value as measured at the beginning of the time period.

In this problem [tex](t^{\frac{1}{2}})[/tex] of a radioactive isotope is 10 years, which means that after 10 years half of the sample would have decayed and half would be left as it is.

After 10 years ( first half life) 5/2 = 2.5 g decays and 2.5 g remains left

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