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CUET · PHYSICS · PYQ PAPER 2023

A radioactive sample has \(4.0 \times 10^{18}\) active nuclei at a certain instant. How many of these nuclei will still be in the same active state after three half lives ?

  1. A \(2.5 \times 10^{17}\)
  2. B \(2.0 \times 10^{18}\)
  3. C \(3.5 \times 10^{18}\)
  4. D \(5.0 \times 10^{17}\)
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(D) \(5.0 \times 10^{17}\)

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\(N = N_0 \left(\frac{1}{2}\right)^n\) \(N = 4.0 \times 10^{18} \left(\frac{1}{2}\right)^3\) \(N = 4.0 \times 10^{18} \times \frac{1}{8}\) \(N = 5.0 \times 10^{17}\)
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