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VMyredimer07
Jan 6, 2010, 04:23 PM
How do you solve to find half life

tickle
Jan 6, 2010, 04:39 PM
I don't know what you mean...

Tick

Unknown008
Jan 6, 2010, 10:59 PM
The half life equation is given by:

\large{N = N_o\, \times\, 2^{-\(\frac{t}{t_{\frac12}}\)}}

With no other information, we cannot help any better.

tick, half-life is a term used in radioactivity. For example, a half life of 1 year means that a substance took 1 year to decompose to half the initial mass. In two years, the mass will be the mass after a year, divided by two. It's dividing by two each time.

tickle
Jan 7, 2010, 04:19 AM
Thanks for the explanation Unk !

Tick