Consider a radioactive substance with a half-life of 10 years. If you start with 1 kilogram of this substance, after 20 years, ________ of the radioactive substance will remain.

A) 0.25 kilogram
B) none
C) 0.75 kilogram
D) 0.5 kilogram


A) 0.25 kilogram

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