Multiple Choice
A half-life is the amount of time required ____.
A) to lose half the daughter isotopes
B) for the mass of the sample to decrease by one-half
C) for half of the parent atoms to decay to daughter atoms
D) for the parent atoms to increase by one-half
E) to accurately date a rock sample
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