N The Early 1960s Radioactive Strontium 90 Was Released During Atmospheric Testi
N the early 1960s, radioactive strontium-90 was released during atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons and got into the bones of people alive at the time. If the half-life of strontium-90 is 31 years, what fraction of the strontium-90 absorbed in 1960 remained in people’s bones in 1999?