Why was the Davis experiment only able to detect one-third of the neutrinos originally predicted?
a. The number of neutrinos was too great to be held in the tank that Davis designed
b. The neutrinos combined with other particles as they entered Earth's atmosphere.
c. The neutrinos distributed evenly among three different flavors while traveling to Earth.
d. Most of the neutrinos were absorbed by Earth's atmosphere.
e. The other two-thirds of neutrinos dissipated while traveling to Earth.
c
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