B. If you have 50 grams of Molybdenum-99, how many grams will remain
after 11 days?

the answer is 0.8m.

by: nicholas

it is the minimum amount of material needed to sustain a fission reaction.

critical mass is the minimum amount of fissionable material that must be assembled for a sustained fission reaction to take place. although two to three neutrons are produced for every fission, not all of these neutrons are available for continuing the fission reaction. if the conditions are such that the neutrons are lost at a faster rate than they are formed by fission, the chain reaction will not be self-sustaining.   at the point where the chain reaction can become self-sustaining, this is referred to as critical mass.

answer;

18.5 seconds

explanation;

velocity is distance covered per unit time; it is given by displacement divided by time.

thus; time = displacement/velocity

total time = total displacement/velocity

total distance = 5000 meters south

total time = 5000/4.5

                  = 1111.11 seconds

but; 1 minute = 60 sec

thus; 1111.11 /60

                = 18.51 seconds

thus; the time taken is 18.5 seconds