Question

WILL FAN AND MEDAL, PLEASE HELP

Suppose you could watch radioactive atoms decay. It would probably get quite boring as time went by. Why? Check all that apply.

Answer 1

A) The initial decay rate is very fast, but the decay rate decreases over time.
B) Due to randomness, the last couple of radioactive atoms may take a long time before they become nonradioactive.
C) The pattern becomes very predictable.
D) Only a few radioactive nuclei are left to decay, so fewer and fewer atoms decay.
E) The rate of the decay decreases with each half-life cycle.
F) The probability that an atom will decay is reduced with each half-life cycle.