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Q.

A sample radio active subsistence has 106radio active nuclei. It's half-life is 20 sec. How many nuclei will remain after 10 seconds 

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a

7×105

b

8.5×105

c

8×105

d

7.5×105

answer is A.

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Detailed Solution

The decay of radioactive nuclei follows an exponential decay law given by the equation:

N(t)=N0×12tT

Given: 

N0=106 (initial number of radioactive nuclei) 

T = 20 seconds (half-life) 

t = 10 seconds (time elapsed)

Plugging in the values into the formula:

N(10)=106×121020

N(10)=106×120.5

N(10)=106×0.7071

N(10)=7.071×105

Rounding to the nearest integer, we get:

N(10)7×105

Hence the correct answer is 7×105.

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