The half-life of a particular radioactive isotope of element X is 100 years.If you know that 400 years ago a fossil contained 10 mg of this isotope,you would expect to find about _______ mg in that fossil today.
A) 0.15
B) 0.3
C) 0.6
D) 2.5
E) 5
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