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At  a given instant there are 25% undecayed radioactive nuclei in a sample. After 10 sec, the number of undecayed nuclei is reduced to 12.5%.
calculate a) mean life of the nuclei b)the time in which the number of undecayed nuclei will further reduce to 6.25% of the reduced number.
Asked by Duwanie | 25 Nov, 2014, 12:20: AM
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