9 RegisterLog in Sign up with one click: Facebook Twitter Google Share on Facebook half′-cup′ n. half of a cup, equal to 4 fluid ounces (0.1 liter). Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc....
The answer can be found by examining Figure 1, which shows how the number of radioactive nuclei in a sample decreases with time. Thetime in which half of the original number of nuclei decayis defined as thehalf-life,t1/2. Half of the remaining nuclei decay in the next half-life. Furth...