Determine the initial amount of a substance. Where N 0 is the initial quantity N t is the remaining quantity after time t t 12 is the half-life. The following is the exponential decay formula.
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Heres a video that covers some background info and then 3 application problems about half-life in radioactive decay. Where t 12 is the half-life of the particle t is the elapsed time N 0 is the quantity in the beginning and N t is the quantity at time t. Frac 1 2 A_ 0 A_ o e kt. You can find the half-life of a radioactive element using the formula.