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Thank you everyone for all the feedback, I still would like to know in the context of the question,, What is the accepted meaning and usage of the term "radioactive decay" Does it most often refer to present tense or past tense? Also, I believe one reply stated that both could be measured, I...

What is the proper use and meaning of "Radioactive decay"? How much decay HAS occurred This is a second thread to clarify my first thread about a debate with my biology teacher. I went back in an edited the content and title but it still posts under my original title anyway...

What is the proper use and meaning of "Radioactive decay"? How much decay HAS occurred? or how much decay IS occurring?

I am hung up with the first part of the sentence which states it is being measured. Therefore, wouldn't the measured rate of decay be less the older the rock gets?

What is the meaning of "radioactive decay"? What is the proper use of the meaning of "radioactive decay"? My teacher states it is the amount of decay that has occurred and I think it is a measurement of the "rate" of decay while it is being measured. I have re-phrased this question from an...