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The half-life of tritium is 12.3yrs. If 48.0 mg of tritium is released form a nuclear power plant during the course of an accident, calculate the mass (in mg) of the nuclide that will remain after 5.0yrs.

A

36.2

B

32

C

24

D

16

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