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kodithompson

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The half-life of a radioactive isotope is
 
  A) half the time that it takes for a radioactive isotope to eat a large pizza.
  B) half the time required for the decay of a large sample of nuclei of that isotope.
  C) half the time required for a nucleus of that isotope to decay.
  D) the time required for the decay of half of a large sample of nuclei of that isotope.
  E) the time required for a nucleus of that isotope to partially decay.

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Company X increases its profits every year by 1 million. Its growth in profits is
 
  A) Exponential. B) Quadratic. C) Parabolic. D) Linear.


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Reply #1 on: Jul 29, 2018
Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

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Great answer, keep it coming :)

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