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A sample of radioactive material has an activity of 5 disintegration per second. If it emits an -particles at , the next particle will be emitted at where

Options:

Answer:
D
Solution:

Emission instants are random; with activity 5 disintegrations/s only the average interval 0.2 s is known. Nothing definite can be said about the actual .

Hence option (D).

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