Answer: 0.390625 grams
Explanation:
A half-life of an element is the amount of time that it takes for half the mass of the element to decay.
Gold-198 having a half-life of 2.5 days therefore means that every 2.5 days, the mass is cut in half.
If there are 20 days, find out how many half-life periods there are:
= 20 / 2.5
= 8 periods
The half life is:
= Original mass * 0.5^number of half-life periods
= 100 * 0.5⁸
= 0.390625 grams
