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Choose the BEST answer to the following. From quantum mechanics we learn that a radioactive nucleus is governed by (a) Newton’s laws. (b) probability. (c) certainty. (d) no laws at all.

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From quantum mechanics we learn that a radioactive nucleus is governed by

(a) Newton’s laws.

(b) probability.

(d) no laws at all.

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