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Radioactive decay model using dice

Throw 120 dice fifteen times, remove the sixes as decays, and test the exponential model with a graph of ln N against throw number, comparing the decay constant with the probability of one in six.

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Practice: Radioactive decay model using dice

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Question 1 · 1 mark · Foundation · Practical · Diagnostic

In the dice model, what represents the decay constant?

Question 2 · 3 marks · Standard · Practical · Practical method

Radioactive decay model using dice

Practice: Radioactive decay model using dice

In the dice model, what represents the decay constant?

Explain how the dice model is similar to radioactive decay.