A radioactive substance’s mean life is mathematically equal to?

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1. A radioactive substance’s mean life is mathematically equal to?

Its decay constant

The reciprocal of its decay constant (1 divided by the decay constant)

Its half-life

The reciprocal of its half-life

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Mean life, the average time before a radioactive nucleus decays, equals 1 divided by the substance’s decay constant.