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CUET · CHEMISTRY · PYQ PAPER 2023

The amount of radioactive substance left after \(75\) hours,
when \(100\) g of it is taken initially, will be:
(Half-life of the radioactive substance is \(15\) hours)

  1. A \(12.5 g\)
  2. B \(6.25 g\)
  3. C \(1.5625 g\)
  4. D \(3.125 g\)
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(D) \(3.125 g\)

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\(n = \frac{t}{T_{1/2}}\) \(n = \frac{75 \text{ h}}{15 \text{ h}} = 5\) \(N = N_0 \left(\frac{1}{2}\right)^n\) \(N = 100 \text{ g} \left(\frac{1}{2}\right)^5\) \(N = 100 \text{ g} \times \frac{1}{32}\) \(N = 3.125 \text{ g}\)
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