Answer
$4.89 * 10^{19} atoms$
Work Step by Step
After each half-life, the number of atoms decreases by half. For 10 half-lives, we have:
$(5 * 10^{22} atoms) * (\frac{1}{2})^{10} = 4.89 * 10^{19} atoms$
Chemistry 12th Edition
by Chang, Raymond; Goldsby, Kenneth
Published by
McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10:
0078021510
ISBN 13:
978-0-07802-151-0
Chapter 19 - Nuclear Chemistry - Questions & Problems - Page 893: 19.27
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