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Consider a radioactive material of half life 1 minute. If one of the nuclei decays now, the next will decay

Options:

Answer:
D
Solution:

Decay is a memoryless random process: the instant of the next decay cannot be predicted - it can occur after any time.

Hence option (D).

Stream:JEESubject:PhysicsTopic:Modern PhysicsSubtopic:Radioactivity
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