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The half life of is 8 days. Given a sample of at time , we can assert that

Options:

Answer:
D
Solution:

Radioactive decay is a random process: a given nucleus has the same decay probability per unit time at every instant, so it may decay at any time ; nothing can be asserted about all nuclei decaying before any fixed time.

Hence option (D).

Stream:JEESubject:PhysicsTopic:Modern PhysicsSubtopic:Radioactivity
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