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Radioactive polonium -216 decays as shown below.

Radioactive polonium -216 decays as shown below.
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(i) Find the value of M and N.
(ii) If after 112 days Q129252019806.png of Polonium remained, calculate the half-life of polonium.

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Maurice
(i) 216 = 208 + 4m + 0

4m = 8


84 = 82 + 2m - n but m = 2
82 + 4

m = 2


= 84 = 86 – n
-n = -2n

n = 2


(ii) Q129252019812.png
maurice.mutuku answered the question on September 25, 2019 at 05:13

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