You analyze a sample of a meteorite that landed on earth and find that 15/16 of a certain type of radioactive atoms have decayed into the corresponding daughter atom. calculate the number of half-lives that have occurred.

The number of half-lives that have occurred are 4.

Explanation:

Formula used for number of half lives :

where,

a = amount of reactant left after n-half lives

= Initial amount of the reactant

n = number of half lives

n = 4

The number of half-lives that have occurred are 4.

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