Matilda has a 100 g rock sample. She knows that the rock contains uranium-238 and that the half-life of uranium-238 is 4.5 × 109 years. If she cuts the rock sample in half, what happens to the half-life of the uranium?
A. The half-life increases.
B. The half-life decreases.
C. The half-life remains the same.

Simon is writing a story about an astronaut whose spacecraft has been boarded by space pirates. the astronaut has her lucky penny in her hand behind her back as the space pirates break into the control room. she has just locked the controls so that the ship is accelerating in the direction of the control room’s ceiling. simon wants the astronaut to use the penny to hit a button on the control panel to turn off the lights and escape. the button is located a short distance behind and below the astronaut’s hands. how should simon use the theory of relativity to describe what the astronaut must do in order to hit the button?