Radioactive Decay: Suppose that in a certain collection of nuclei there were initially 1024 billion nuclei, and 20.0 minutes later there was only 1.00 billion nuclei left, the others having decayed. On the basis of this information, how many nuclei would you estimate decayed in the first 6.00 minutes?

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).


896 billion

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A.
N toward the sun.
B.
N toward the earth.
C.
N toward the sun.
D.
N toward the earth.
E.
N toward the earth.

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If the interplanar spacing of NaCl is 2.814 × 10^-10 m, what is the predicted angle at which X-rays of wavelength 0.140 nm will be diffracted in a first-order maximum?

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Suppose that Mercury grew to its present size in 1 million years through the accretion of particles averaging 100 g each. On average how many particles did Mercury capture each second? Note: Mercury has a mass of 3.3 × 10^23 kg and a radius of 2439 km

a. about 24 particles per second b. about 3.3 × 10^21 particles per second c. about 67 particles per second d. about 100 million particles per second e. about 100 billion particles per second

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