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Grade 11General Physics

Given a sample of Radium-226 having half-life of 4 days. Find the probability, a nucleus disintegrates after 2 half lives.

(A) 1 (B) 1/2

(C) 1.5 (D) 3/4

Profile image of Simran Bhatia
12 Years agoGrade 11
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Profile image of Ahush
9 Years ago
At half life n/2 sample remains and n/2 decays . Similarly after 2 half lives n/4 remains and 3n/4 decays . So Probality = (3n/4)/n=3/4
Profile image of Akash Kalita
7 Years ago
It