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What model of probability applies to atomic decay?
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August 9th, 2012
I’ve been told that a particular atom of carbon-14 has a 50% chance of decaying within the next 5730 years. How is this probability assigned? It seems that the frequency model of probability, the one that we use to assess the odds in games of chance, cannot meaningfully be applied here.
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