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Carbon-14 is a radioactive element with a half-life of about

5,730 years. Carbon-14 is said to decay exponentially. The decay rate is 0.000121. We start with one gram of carbon-14.

We are interested in the time (years) it takes to decay carbon-14. Are the data discrete or continuous?

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Here, the data related to Carbon-14 is continuous.

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Definition of carbon distribution 

Carbon distribution is defined as it is decaying constantly that indicted carbon-14 is exponentially distributed.

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Theory of carbon distribution 

Theory of carbon distribution is that to constant decay of carbon-14 is known as exponential distribution.This process run continuously. So the data is continuous.

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