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Use the definition of half-life to support why you pointed to a specific part of the image to make the claim the half-life is about 11 seconds
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Percentage of undecayed nuclei
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N = 1
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Transcribed Image Text:% 100 80 60 40 20 0 Percentage of undecayed nuclei About 11 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 t = 100 s N = 1 ➜t(s) 70 80 90 100
CLAMM: (Answer the question.)
The half-life is about 11 seconds.
EVIDENCE: (Point readers to the part of the image that supports your claim.)
On the y-axis when undecayed nuclei is 50%, it means 50% of the nuclei has
reacted and it gives the half-life of the isotope.
REASONING: (Define half-life and use the definition to support why you
pointed to a specific part of the image to make your claim.)
Half-life is the time it takes for half of the original amount of a radioactive
sample to decay.
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Transcribed Image Text:CLAMM: (Answer the question.) The half-life is about 11 seconds. EVIDENCE: (Point readers to the part of the image that supports your claim.) On the y-axis when undecayed nuclei is 50%, it means 50% of the nuclei has reacted and it gives the half-life of the isotope. REASONING: (Define half-life and use the definition to support why you pointed to a specific part of the image to make your claim.) Half-life is the time it takes for half of the original amount of a radioactive sample to decay.
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Half life is the time during which the half of the radioactive material ( nuclei) get destroyed. 

So first of all we have to locate the amount of radioactive material ( nuclei) and need to find it's quantity at 50%

So point y-axis at 50 %

Now, move the pointer towards time axis (x-axis) and note the time. 

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