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Radioactive elements decrease (or decay) exponentially. Suppose that 120 mg of an unknown radioactive
element decays down to 99 mg after 11 days.
(a) What is the half-life of the element? That is, how many days will it take before half of the original sample
has decayed?
half-life:
days (rounded to at least 2 decimal places)
(b) How long will it take for a sample of 99 mg in this scenario to decay to 40 mg?
days (rounded to at least 2 decimal places)
time needed:

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