RAJASTHAN ­ PET Rajasthan PET Solved Paper-2011

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    The half-life period of a radioactive substance is 5 min. The amount of substance decayed in 20 min will be

    A)  93.75%        

    B)  75%

    C)  25%           

    D)  6.25%

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

     \[N={{N}_{0}}{{\left( \frac{1}{2} \right)}^{n}}\] Here \[n=4\] \[\frac{N}{{{N}_{0}}}={{\left( \frac{1}{2} \right)}^{4}}\] \[\frac{N}{{{N}_{0}}}=\frac{1}{16}=6.25%\] Amount of decay\[=\frac{{{N}_{0}}-N}{{{N}_{0}}}=93.75%\]


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