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A radioactive nucleus X decays to a stable nucleus Y. Then the graph of rate of formation of Y against time t will be

Options:

Answer:
C
Solution:

The rate of formation of Y equals the decay rate of X:

an exponentially falling curve starting at , i.e. figure (C).

Hence option (C).

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