A coconut at rest suddenly explodes into two pieces. no net external force is applied to it. One piece with mass 2m lands a distance d to the right of the starting point. The second piece has mass m. We can ignore air resistance. where dow stew swcond piece land?

Daughter element the new element produced along with a decay particle in a nuclear transmutation 2. half-life the substance that decays in a nuclear transmutation 3. parent element the change of one chemical element into another by nuclear decay or radioactive bombardment 4. transmutation the time required for the decay of one-half of the atoms in a sample of radioactive material