A sample of thallium-208 has a half-life of 3.053 minutes. What fraction of the parent material will remain after 12.212 minutes?
, where N is the amount at given time (in this case - the fraction), N0 is the initial amount (in this case it is just equal to 1 because we are asked to find the fraction only), t is time, and t1/2 is the half-life. Therefore,
Answer: 0.0625
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