What happens to the half-life of Uranium-238 if the number of U particles in the bucket is increased? What does this teach you about half life?(1 point)

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Half-life is confusing.
Half-life is confusing.

Half-life of a half-life is 75%.
Half-life of a half-life is 75%.

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

Half-life is a totally random number.

Answer 1

The correct response is: Half-life is a constant number.

Half-life is an intrinsic property of a radioactive isotope and does not change regardless of the number of particles present. This means that increasing the quantity of Uranium-238 does not affect its half-life; it remains constant at approximately 4.5 billion years. This concept teaches us that half-life is a statistical measure of the time it takes for half of a sample of a radioactive substance to decay and is not influenced by the amount of material present.