A simulation based on the casting of dice can be used to demonstrate the concept of half-life. Imagine a certain number of dice being cast together. All the dice that show a six are removed from the population. The remainder are cast again repeatedly, and each time, those that show a six are removed.
The question posed to students is : around which cast will the number of dice be reduced to half the original?
Here is the simulation:
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