Radioactive Decay: Rutherfordium-261 has a half-life of 1.08 min. What is the decay constant of rutherfordium-261 in terms of seconds?

A. 0.0107 s-1
B. 0.0154 s-1
C. 1.87 s-1
D. 2.91 s-1
E. 0.344 s-1


Answer: A

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