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JEE Mains · Physics · STD 12 - 13. Nuclei

The half life of a radioactive substance is \(5\) years. After \(x\) years a given sample of the radioactive substance gest reduced to \(6.25 \%\) of its initial value of \(x\) is ...............

  1. A \(20\)
  2. B \(19\)
  3. C \(21\)
  4. D \(22\)
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(A) \(20\)

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\(T 1 / 2=5\) year \(N = N _{0}\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)^{\text {No of half lives }}\) \(\frac{ N }{ N _{0}}=\frac{1}{16}=\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)^{4}\) Time \(=4\) half lives \(=20\) years
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