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F-21 Has a Half-Life of 5 Seconds

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F-21 has a half-life of 5 seconds. How long will it take a 50 g sample of F-21 to decay to a mass of 12.5 g?


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Significance Level

See alpha level.

Type I Error

A statistical error occurring when a true null hypothesis is incorrectly rejected.

Type II Error

A statistical mistake occurring when a test fails to reject a false null hypothesis, incorrectly indicating no effect or difference when one actually exists.

Significance Level

A statistical threshold that determines the probability of rejecting the null hypothesis when it is true, commonly set at 0.05 or 5%.

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