Why do you think radioactive decay is measured in half lives, based on the characteristics of the graph.

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GREYUIT [131]3 years ago

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The radio active decay of a substance or any chemical is measured in half-lives because of the period where there are significant changes in the amount of the chemicals. The amount of chemical is almost halved in the next period as is suggested by the given graph.

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