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fixed error in half-life calculation. Correct answer is factor of 10^8 greater.
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  • Contrib/BrockPhysics/College_Physics_Urone/31.Radioactivity_and_Nuclear_Physics/31-05.Half-Life_and_Activity
  • Pending/BrockPhysics/College_Physics_Urone/31.Radioactivity_and_Nuclear_Physics/31-05.Half-Life_and_Activity

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Contrib/BrockPhysics/College_Physics_Urone/31.Radioactivity_and_Nuclear_Physics/31-05.Half-Life_and_Activity/NU_U17-31-05-008.pg

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@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ $mass_g = $mass*10**-3;
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$M = 235;
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$timeSI= (0.693*$Na*$mass_g)/($activitySI*$M);
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$half_life = ($timeSI)/(86400*365.25)*10**-8;
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$half_life = ($timeSI)/(86400*365.25);
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Context() -> texStrings;
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BEGIN_TEXT
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ANS(num_cmp("$half_life"));
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ENDDOCUMENT()
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ENDDOCUMENT()

Pending/BrockPhysics/College_Physics_Urone/31.Radioactivity_and_Nuclear_Physics/31-05.Half-Life_and_Activity/NU_U17-31-05-008.pg

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$M = 235;
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$timeSI= (0.693*$Na*$mass_g)/($activitySI*$M);
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$half_life = ($timeSI)/(86400*365.25)*10**-8;
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$half_life = ($timeSI)/(86400*365.25);
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Context() -> texStrings;
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BEGIN_TEXT
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ANS(num_cmp("$half_life"));
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ENDDOCUMENT()
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ENDDOCUMENT()

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