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by jbboehr
884 days ago
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> I've seen it said You can estimate it yourself: 0.5 ^ 10 = 0.0009765625 (~0.1%) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half-life#Probabilistic_nature > When there are many identical atoms decaying, the law of large numbers suggests that it is a very good approximation to say that half of the atoms remain after one half-life |
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