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Plutonium 241 has a decay rate of 4.8 % per year. How many years will it take a 50 kg sample to decaPlutonium 241 has a decay rate of 4.8 % per year. How many years will it take a 50 kg sample to decay to 10 kg?
Since 4.8% is 0.048, we have decay as:
50 * (1 - 0.048)^n = 10
0.952^n = 0.2
Typing [URL='https://www.mathcelebrity.com/natlog.php?num=0.952%5En%3D0.2&pl=Calculate']this into our math engine[/URL], we get:
n = [B]32.7186 years[/B]