If 20 gm of a radioactive substance due to radioactive decay reduces to 10 gm in 4 minutes, then in what time 80 gm of the same substance will reduce to 10 gm?
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a
8 minutes
b
12 minutes
c
16 minutes
d
20 minutes
answer is B.
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20 gm substance reduces to 10gm (i.e., becomes half in 4 min. So T1/2 =4 min. Again M=M012t/T1/2⇒10=8012t/4⇒18=123=12t/4 ⇒t=12 min.
If 20 gm of a radioactive substance due to radioactive decay reduces to 10 gm in 4 minutes, then in what time 80 gm of the same substance will reduce to 10 gm?