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Digital ACT Science Practice Question #1815

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Based on Table 21, what mass of Iodine-131 will remain after 40 days of radioactive decay? Experiment Context (Radioactive Decay of Iodine-131): A radiochemist tracked the decay of a pure 80.0 mg sample of Iodine-131 (half-life = 8.0 days), measuring residual mass with a scintillation detector: Table 21: - Day 0: Residual I-131 = 80.0 mg (100% remaining) - Day 8: Residual I-131 = 40.0 mg (50% remaining) - Day 16: Residual I-131 = 20.0 mg (25% remaining) - Day 24: Residual I-131 = 10.0 mg (12.5% remaining) - Day 32: Residual I-131 = 5.0 mg (6.25% remaining)
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Divide Day 32 value (5.0 mg) by 2 = 2.5 mg.

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Day 40 is 5 half-lives (40/8 = 5). Residual mass = 80 * (1/2)^5 = 80 / 32 = 2.5 mg (half of Day 32's 5.0 mg)....

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