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Mathematics and Society - OS X Lion Server

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~~lt~~ ~NDHALF-LIFE/,Materials Needed:Graph paper, set of 20 cubes with one face of each cube marked witha D /"""' ._,..------..,Each die in theset representsA particle decays, loses its radioactivity,when the side marked Da radioactiveturns up. It is removed from theparticle.pile before the next roll.IIIBegin by rolling all 20 particles.Remove any particles that decay (theside marked D turns up).Recordyour results in the table at theright.Continue rolling all active particlesuntil all of them have decayed.ROLL PARTICLE.'::>DE.CAYEQPARTICLE:"'"RE.MAIl\lIl\lG"'TART 0 2.0ArTER THE1rtR'.'>T R.OLL>ONLY ROLL THOe.E: 2-PARTICl!;'::> Tj 3ARE STILLRADIOAC\IVE. LJ-Do you think the results would 6be exactly the same if yourolled the 20 radioactiveparticles again?~5789(III Make at least five more trials, each time starting with 20 radioactive particles.As in part I roll all radioactive particles until they have all decayed. Recordyour results below.12.34-5G7

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