A half-life is the amount of time required ____

A)to lose one-half of the daughter isotopes
B)for the mass of a sample to decrease by half
C)for one-half of the parent isotopes to decay to daughter isotopes
D)to gain one-half of the parent isotopes
E)to accurately date a rock sample


B

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