What happens to the half life of carbon-14 if the number of C particles in the bucket is increased? What does this teach you about half-life?(1 point)

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Half-life is a constant number.
Half-life is a constant number.

Half-life of a half-life is 12.5%.
Half-life of a half-life is 12.5%.

Half-life is an infinite number.
Half-life is an infinite number.

Half-life is a totally random numbe

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Half-life is a constant number.

Half-life refers to the time it takes for half of the quantity of a radioactive substance to decay, and this value is constant for a particular isotope, such as carbon-14. The amount of carbon-14 (or any other isotope) present does not affect its half-life; it remains the same regardless of the number of particles present. This concept teaches us that half-life is an intrinsic property of a radioactive isotope, independent of its quantity.