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OpenStudy (heathero):

is measured in half-lives

OpenStudy (heathero):

@JoeDeWise

OpenStudy (heathero):

@Beast-Mode

OpenStudy (anonymous):

is that it?

OpenStudy (heathero):

no

OpenStudy (anonymous):

The measurement is useful in radiometric dating because exponential decay means it doesn't matter how much radioactive material you have, the time taken until half of it is gone [the half-life] is always the same.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

that is the best i can do with what you gave me

OpenStudy (heathero):

here are the choices mold fossil radioactive decay carbon-14 remains hard missing layer trace

OpenStudy (anonymous):

radioactive decay

OpenStudy (anonymous):

carbon-14

OpenStudy (heathero):

which one

OpenStudy (anonymous):

radioactive decay

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Radioactive decay, also known as nuclear decay or radioactivity, is the process by which a nucleus of an unstable atom loses energy by emitting radiation.

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