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Given information

Given that half-life of the cesium- is  years and mass of sample -mg.

Calculate the amount of sample that remains after  years

Given the mass that remains after  years is 

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1.

Solve the function , where is the mass remains after years, 

Given that initial mass is equal to  and the half-life is years

Substitute at  the mass function is

Therefore, the amount of sample that remains after years is  

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