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    If You Start with an Element with 1,000,000 Parent Atoms
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If You Start with an Element with 1,000,000 Parent Atoms

Question 37

Question 37

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If you start with an element with 1,000,000 parent atoms, how many parent (P) and how many daughter (D) atoms will there be after 6 half-lives?

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0: P = 1,000,000, D = 0;
1 half-life: P...

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