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1 August, 15:49

Tritium is a radioactive isotope of hydrogen that decays by about 5% per year. A large bottle of water that contained 520,000 tritium atoms remained undisturbed for 8 years. How much tritium does the bottle contain now?

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  1. 1 August, 19:43
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    345,000 to the nearest thousand.

    Step-by-step explanation:

    5% = 0.05 as a decimal fraction.

    After each year goes by, 1 - 0.05 = 0.95 of the tritium is left.

    After 8 years Amount of tritium

    = 520,000 * (0.95) ^8

    = 344,979.
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