Glencoe Physical Science 2012 Student Edition (Glencoe Science) (McGraw-Hill Education)
Glencoe Physical Science 2012 Student Edition (Glencoe Science) (McGraw-Hill Education)
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Author: Charles William McLaughlin, Marilyn Thompson, Dinah Zike
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Chapter 20, Problem 27R
To determine

To Choose:The correct option.

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Answer to Problem 27R

Option A

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Introduction:

Half-life is the time interval in which mass of a radioactive substance reduced to its half of its initial value.

Radioactive element has constant half-life time. Thus, option A is correct.

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