Half-Life Is

question 20

Multiple Choice

Half-life is

• A)the rate at which a radioactive material decays
• B)half the time it takes for all the radioactivity to decay
• C)the rate at which particulate radiation is emitted from a radioactive atom's nucleus
• D)none of the above

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