PROGRAM Radioactive_Decay
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! This program calculates the amount of a radioactive substance that
! remains after a specified time, given an initial amount and its
! half-life. Variables used are :
! InitialAmount : initial amount of substance (mg)
! HalfLife : Half-life of substance (days)
! Time : time at which the amount remaining is calculated (days)
! AmountRemaining : amount of substance remaining (mg)
!
! Input : InitialAmount, HalfLife, Time
! Output : AmountRemaining
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IMPLICIT NONE
REAL :: InitialAmount, HalfLife, Time, AmountRemaining
! Get values for InitialAmount, HalfLife, and Time.
PRINT *, "Enter initial amount (mg) of substance, its half-life (days)"
PRINT *, "and time (days) at which to find amount remaining:"
READ *, InitialAmount, HalfLife, Time
! Compute the amount remaining at the specified time.
AmountRemaining = InitialAmount * 0.5 ** (Time / HalfLife)
! Display AmountRemaining.
PRINT *, "Amount remaining =", AmountRemaining, "mg"
pause
END PROGRAM Radioactive_Decay