suppose that 270 grams of a radioactive material was put in a container 8 years ago....

suppose that 270 grams of a radioactive material was put in a container 8 years ago. If you found that 80 grams of the material remain today, how long does it take that 10 grams of the material will remain in the container?

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As we have known that in this question the radioactive decay is occurring, so we have to assign the required formula for the radioactive decay.

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