Half-Life of Strontium-90 - Solve Here!

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Homework Statement



The half life of strontium-90 is 28.0 years. Deduce that the decay constant of strontium-90 is 7.85 * 10^(-10) s^1.

Homework Equations



k = ln 2 over half-life in seconds

The Attempt at a Solution



dunno...please help me solve this!
 
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Well, express 28 years in seconds and divide log(2) by that? I don't know what else to say.