Answer:
The term referring to is radioactive decay.
To answer the question, we need to know the half-life of the radioactive material. Let's assume the half-life is 10,000 counts.
After one half-life, the count would be halved to 40,000 counts. After the second half-life, the count would be halved again to 20,000 counts. After the third half-life, the count would be halved again to 10,000 counts. And after the fourth half-life, the count would be halved again to 5,000 counts.
So after 4 half-lives, we would expect the count to be 5,000.
After 4 half-lives, the remaining number of counts would be calculated by dividing the initial number of counts by 2 raised to the power of the number of half-lives. In this case:
Initial counts: 80,000
Number of half-lives: 4
Remaining counts = 80,000 / (2^4) = 80,000 / 16 = 5,000 countsSo, after 4 half-lives, you would expect to have 5,000 counts remaining.
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