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CUET · PHYSICS · PYQ PAPER 2023

The half life of a radioactive nuclide is 20 hours. What fraction of original activity will remain after 80 hours ?

  1. A \( 1/8 \)
  2. B \( 1/16 \)
  3. C \( 1/4 \)
  4. D \( 1/32 \)
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(B) \( 1/16 \)

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\( n = t / T_{1/2} = 80 \, \text{h} / 20 \, \text{h} = 4 \) \( A/A_0 = (1/2)^n = (1/2)^4 = 1/16 \)
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