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    Jan 6, 2010, 04:23 PM
    How do you solve to find half life
    How do you solve to find half life
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    Jan 6, 2010, 04:39 PM

    I don't know what you mean...

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    Jan 6, 2010, 10:59 PM

    The half life equation is given by:



    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.
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    Jan 7, 2010, 04:19 AM

    Thanks for the explanation Unk !

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