HalfLife when quantity is not given

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Homework Statement


"Tritium is the basic fuel of hydrogen bombs and is used to increase the power for fission bombs . . . In a basic atom bomb (or reactor), plutonium atoms are split, or fissioned, to release energy, but the fission can be promoted with a small amount of tritium because it has two extra atom-splitting neutrons. Plutonium is a relatively stable material, and its natural decay is not a major factor in bomb maintenance. Tritium, however, decays at a rate of 5.5 percent a year."
What is half life given the above?

Homework Equations



e^-rt

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