Half lives of two radio active substance A & B are respectively 20 minutes & 40 minutes. Initially the samples of A & B have equal numbers of nuclei. After 80 minutes the ratio of remaining numbers of A & B nuclei is
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a
1 : 16
b
4 : 1
c
1 : 4
d
1 : 1
answer is C.
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Detailed Solution
NANB=(1/2)nA(1/2)nB=(1/2)4(1/2)2=14 , where nA & nB are number of half lives of samples A & B respectively. NA & NB are the remaining numbers of A & B after 80 minutes in this case.