Multiple Choice
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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