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Half lives of two radioactive substances A and B are respectively 20 minutes and 40 minutes. Initially the sample of  A  and  B  have equal number of nuclei. After 80 minutes. the ratio of remaining number of  A  and B nuclei is

a
1 : 16
b
4 : 1
c
1 : 4
d
1 : 1

detailed solution

Correct option is C

For 80 minutes, number of half-lives of sample A=nA=8020=4 and number of half-lives of sample B=nB=8040=2.Also by using N=N012n⇒N∝12n⇒NANB=2nB2nA=2224=14

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