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JEE Mains · Physics · STD 12 - 13. Nuclei

The activity of a radioactive material is \(2.56 \times 10^{-3} \,Ci\). If the half life of the material is \(5\) days, after how many days the activity will become \(2 \times 10^{-5} \,Ci\) ?

  1. A \(30\)
  2. B \(35\)
  3. C \(40\)
  4. D \(25\)
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(B) \(35\)

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\(\frac{ A }{ A _{0}}=\frac{ N }{ N _{0}}\) \(\frac{2 \times 10^{-5}}{2.56 \times 10^{-3}}=\frac{ N }{ N _{0}}\) \(\frac{ N }{ N _{0}}=\frac{1}{128} \Rightarrow N =\frac{ N _{0}}{128}\) After \(7\) half life activity comes down to given value \(T =7 \times 5\) \(=35\) days
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