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Use the following information to answer the next  exercises. Carbo is a radioactive element with a half-life of about  years. Carbon- is said to decay exponentially. The decay rate is  We start with one gram of carbon  . We are interested in the time (years) it takes to decay carbon-.

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1.

According to the given information, carbon- decay exponentially, it takes a half-life of about years to decay. The variable being measured is the time in year’s carbon- takes to decay.

Therefore, the variable being measured is the time in year’s carbon takes to decay.

 

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