Question

A radioactive substance has a half-life of one month, which means that at the end of each month, the level of radioactivity is half the level that it was at the beginning of the month The substance was discovered in the soil

near a high school football field. The table shows the relationship between the radioactivity level found in the soil, r(t)and the number of months since discovery, 2.
2
10
5
25
125
4
Which statement correctly interprets the initial value?

Answer 1

The level of radioactivity in the soil is decreasing by a factor of 1/2 each month