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Strontium-90 is a radioactive isotope having a half-life of 28 years.Strontium-90 has a denstiy f 2.5 g `cm^(-3)`.A smaple of Strontium-90 has an activity of `6.4 xx 10^9 Bq`.Calculate
the volume of the sample.

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