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The half-life of a radioactive sample is \(5 \mathrm{~s}\). If the initial mass of the sample is \(60 \mathrm{~g}\), then the time required to reduce the sample to \(7.5 \mathrm{~g}\) is

  1. A \(15 \mathrm{~s}\)
  2. B \(75 \mathrm{~s}\)
  3. C \(7.5 \mathrm{~s}\)
  4. D \(10 \mathrm{~s}\)
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(A) \(15 \mathrm{~s}\)

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Decay scheme of given sample is as shown below So, time required by sample to reduced to \(7.5 \mathrm{~g}\) is \(\Delta t=3 \times T_{1 / 2}=3 \times 5=15 \mathrm{~s}\)
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