You are using a Geiger counter to measure the activity of a radioactive substance over the...

You are using a Geiger counter to measure the activity of a radioactive substance over the course of several minutes. If the reading of 400. counts has diminished to 100. counts after 63.7 minutes , what is the half-life of this substance?

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