What year could you read the time at night

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During World War II, tritium (3H) was a component of fluorescent watch dials and hands. Assume you have such a watch that was made in January 1944. If 17% or more of the original tritium was needed to read the dial in dark places, until what year could you read the time at night? (For 3H, half life= 12.3 yr.)

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