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    A Half-Life Is the Amount of Time Required ____
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A Half-Life Is the Amount of Time Required ____

Question 38

Question 38

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A half-life is the amount of time required ____.


A) to lose one-half of the daughter isotopes
B) for the mass of a sample to decrease by half
C) for one-half of the parent isotopes to decay to daughter isotopes
D) to gain one-half of the parent isotopes
E) to accurately date a rock sample

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