Question

M&M's assignment HELP!

Answer 1

@aaronq

Answer 2

How do I "explain how this activity demonstrates exponential decay. If this were radioactive decay, approximately what would be the half-life of your candy?"?

Answer 3

will u give me m&ms if i answer the question XD

Answer 4

Nope, lol.

Answer 5

awww man well i guess you'll never get ur answer XP

Answer 6

@mathmale @Kainui @calculusxy @aaronq @hoothooot @3mar

Answer 7

Well, I am here

Answer 8

Can you help me?

Answer 9

@NerdyChick16

Answer 10

so whats the question?

Answer 11

"explain how this activity demonstrates exponential decay. If this were radioactive decay, approximately what would be the half-life of your candy?"

Answer 12

Hehehehe good luck @NerdyChick16

Answer 13

@triciaal

Answer 14

grrr ;p @OtherWorldly

Answer 15

Is anyone going to help me here?

Answer 16

oh yeah sorry I'm looking at it

Answer 17

Same, I'm looking at it.

Answer 18

Okay, thanks guys :)

Answer 19

they both went offline wow

Answer 20

:(

Answer 21

this method of averaging depends on having a large sample—a large number
of candies for accuracy. With just a few candies, the percentage decayed can easily shift. This reflects a similar situation with actual radioactive half-life, which only works very accurately for large samples of atoms. Since atoms are so tiny, even a very little sample of a radioactive element will contain millions of them.

Answer 22

All radioactive matter decays—that is, becomes non-radioactive over time. Scientists have found that each different radioactive element has a unique rate of decay. Half-life is a measure of these rates. The half-life of a radioactive substance is the period of time it takes for half a sample of that element to change into a non-radioactive element. Knowing the half-life of a substance does not tell us how long it takes for a single atom of that element to decay, which is unpredictable. Instead, half-life describes a sort of average: the time it takes for about half a large group of atoms to decay. Since the scale of atoms is so small, any visible sample of radioactive material contains a large number of atoms. This is why half-life is a useful concept for radioactive decay in our world. In this experiment, you investigated a model of half- life to find out more about how it works.

@NvidiaIntely

Answer 23

Thank you OtherWorldy!
;)

Answer 24

no problem so.... wheres my M&Ms XD just playing with u no problem anytime good luck on ur assignment

Answer 25

but I'm srsly craving M&Ms now *sigh* XD well byyyye

Answer 26

cya!