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The _______________ of a radioactive substance is the time it takes for half of the parent isotope atoms to decay into daughter isotope atoms.
 
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Explain the difference between apparent visual brightness and absolute visual brightness.
 
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Reply #1 on: Jul 27, 2018
Answer to Question 1

half-life

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Apparent visual brightness is the perceived energy we see from the Earth without consideration of distance; whereas absolute visual brightness is the energy we receive if the star was at a distance of 10 parsecs.


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YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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