The nucleidic ratio of 1 H3 to 1 H1 in a sample of water is : 1

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Problem

The nucleidic ratio of 1 H3 to 1 H1 in a sample of water is 8.0×10−188.0 \times 10^{-18} : 1. Tritium undergoes decay with a half-life period of 12.3 year. How many tritium atoms would 10.0 g of such a sample contains 40 year after the original sample is collected?

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