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JEE Mains · Physics · STD 12 - 13. Nuclei

Half-lives of two radioactive elements \(A\) and \(B\) are \(20\) minutes and \(40\) minutes, respectively. Initially, the samples have equal number of nuclei. After \(80\) minutes, the ratio of decayed number of \(A\) and \(B\) nuclei will be

  1. A \(1 : 4\)
  2. B \(5 : 4\)
  3. C \(1 : 16\)
  4. D \(4 : 1\)
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(B) \(5 : 4\)

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For \(A_{t / 2}=20\, min\), \(t=80\,min\), number of half lifes \(n=4\) \(\therefore \) Nuclei remaining \(=\frac{\mathrm{N}_{\mathrm{o}}}{2^{4}} .\) Therefore nuclei decayed \(=\mathrm{N}_{0}-\frac{\mathrm{N}_{0}}{2^{4}}\) For…
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