Element X is a radioactive isotope such that every 40 years, its mass decreases by half. Given that the initial mass of a sample of Element X is 110 grams, how much of the element would remain after 29 years, to the nearest whole number?

For a science project, a high school research team conducted a survey of local air temperatures. based on the results of the survey, the found that the average temperatures were around 10 degrees higher than expected. this result was wrong. the trouble with the survey was that most of the locations were exposed to direct sunlight and located over asphalt or sand, which resulted in higher temperatures than normal. this is a classic example of an error in which phase of inferential statistics?