An isotope has a half-life of 30 min

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Problem

An isotope has a half-life of 30 min. A freshly prepared sample contains 5.0×10205.0\times10^{20} undecayed nuclei. Calculate the number of nuclei that will disintegrate in the first 10 min.

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