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The Decay Constant of a Radioactive Isotope Is 1.60×103 s11.60 \times 10 ^ { - 3 } \mathrm {~s} ^ { - 1 }

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The decay constant of a radioactive isotope is 1.60×103 s11.60 \times 10 ^ { - 3 } \mathrm {~s} ^ { - 1 } . At a given instant, the number of atoms of the radioactive isotope is 1.85×10121.85 \times 10 ^ { 12 } . How many atoms of the isotope remain after a time interval of 30.030.0 minutes?


A) 1.14×10111.14 \times 10 ^ { 11 }
B) 1.52×10111.52 \times 10 ^ { 11 }
C) 1.26×10111.26 \times 10 ^ { 11 }
D) 1.04×10111.04 \times 10^{11}
E) 1.38×10111.38 \times 10 ^ { 11 }

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