The half-life of carbon-14 is a constant number, approximately 5,730 years, and is not affected by the amount of carbon-14 present. This means that increasing the number of carbon-14 particles in a sample does not change the half-life; the rate of decay remains the same regardless of the sample size. This teaches us that half-life is a fundamental property of a radioactive isotope and is consistent across different samples. Therefore, the correct response is: Half-life is a constant number.
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) Responses Half-life of a half-life is 12.5%. Half-life of a half-life is 12.5%. Half-life is a totally random number. Half-life is a totally random number. Half-life is an infinite number. Half-life is an infinite number. Half-life is a constant number.
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