Nuclear chemistry and half lives


Question: Rhenium-186 is a ß-emitter with a half-life of 90.0 hours. How long would it take for the activity in a sample of this isotope to decay to exactly one-third of its original value?

a. 189 hours

b. 121 hours

c. 158 hours

d. 180 hours

e. 143 hours

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