Half-Life

Question 1

Hypothesis: If an element is radioactive, then the fraction of radioactive remaining after n half-life cycles should be approximately n because…

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atoms

Question 2

Hypothesis: If an element is radioactive, then the fraction of radioactive remaining after n half-life cycles should be approximately n because…

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0.5

Question 3

The variable n represents

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the number of half-life cycles.

Question 4

The hypothesis states that the fraction of radioactive nuclei after n half-lives is 0.5n.In this expression, the value 0.5 represents

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the fraction of nuclei still radioactive after any half-life cycle.

Question 5

The expression 0.5n is equivalent to

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0.5 • 0.5 • 0.5 . . . • 0.5.

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