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Determining the ground state spin/parity using the shell model. 2. Radioactive Decay and Radioactivity Decay Law Applications: Solving for time, half-life ( t1/2t sub 1 / 2 end-sub ), or decay constant ( Activity and Units: Calculating activity ( ) and converting between Becquerel (Bq) and Curie (Ci).

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[ A_g(t) = \frac\lambda_g\lambda_g - \lambda_m A_0 (e^-\lambda_m t - e^-\lambda_g t) + A_g(0)e^-\lambda_g t ] With ( A_g(0) = 0 ), and ( \lambda_g \ll \lambda_m): [ A_g(t) \approx A_0 \frac\lambda_g\lambda_m (1 - e^-\lambda_m t) ] For ( t = 24 \times 3600 = 86400) s: ( \lambda_m t = 2.769 ) → ( e^-\lambda_m t = 0.0627 ) [ A_g(24h) \approx (10 \text mCi) \times \frac1.04 \times 10^-113.205 \times 10^-5 \times (1 - 0.0627) \approx 3.04 \times 10^-6 \text mCi ]

A sample of ^137_55Cs decays with a half-life of 30.2 years. If there are initially 1000 nuclei, how many nuclei will remain after 10 years?