A half-life is the amount of time required ____
a. to lose half the daughter isotopes
b. for the mass of the sample to decrease by one-half
c. for half of the parent atoms to decay to daughter atoms
d. for the parent atoms to increase by one-half
e. to accurately date a rock sample
c
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
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