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A half life is the time for one half of a radioactive material to decay. Different materials have half-lives of different lengths. Some last only a fraction of a second. Some have a half life of hundreds of thousands of years. Unless you tell us what the material is, we can only answer "that all depends."

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In 100 years, the number of half-lives depends on the specific substance decaying. If the substance has a half-life of 10 years, there would be 10 half-lives in 100 years. This can be calculated by dividing the 100-year span by the substance's half-life.

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