In a radioactive material, fraction of active material remaining after time is . The fraction that was remaining after is
- (A)
- (B)✓ Correct
- (C)
- (D)
Answer: (B)
Solution
Radioactive decay is exponential, , so the fraction surviving after a time is the square root of the fraction surviving after . Since at time , after it is .
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