You have 240 grams of a radioactive kind of tellurium. How much will be left after 210 minutes if it

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    You have 240 grams of a radioactive kind of tellurium. How much will be left after 210 minutes if its half-life is 70 minutes?

    if the half life is 70 minutes, then we have 210/70 = 3 half life cycles.

    So the first half-life is 240 * 1/2 = 120
    The second half life is 120 * 1/2 = 60
    The third half life is 60 * 1/2 = 30 grams
     

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