JEE Main & Advanced JEE Main Paper (Held on 12-4-2019 Afternoon)

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    Half lives of two radioactive nuclei A and B are 10 minutes and 20 minutes, respectively. If, initially a sample has equal number of nuclei, then after 60 minutes, the ratio of decayed numbers of nuclei A and B will be : [JEE Main 12-4-2019 Afternoon]

    A) 9 : 8

    B) 1 : 8

    C) 8 : 1                

    D) 3 : 8

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    \[{{N}_{A}}={{N}_{OA}}{{e}^{-\lambda t}}=\frac{{{N}_{OA}}}{{{2}^{t/{{t}_{1/2}}}}}=\frac{{{N}_{OA}}}{{{2}^{6}}}\] \[\therefore \]Number of nuclei decayed \[={{N}_{OA}}-\frac{{{N}_{OA}}}{{{2}^{6}}}=\frac{63{{N}_{OA}}}{64}\] \[{{N}_{B}}={{N}_{OB}}{{e}^{-\lambda t}}=\frac{{{N}_{OB}}}{{{2}^{t/{{t}_{1/2}}}}}=\frac{{{N}_{OB}}}{{{2}^{3}}}\] \[\therefore \] Number of nuclei decayed \[{{N}_{OB}}-\frac{{{N}_{OB}}}{{{2}^{3}}}=\frac{7{{N}_{OB}}}{8}\] Since \[{{N}_{OA}}={{N}_{OB}}\] \[\therefore \]Ratio of decayed numbers of nuclei \[A\And B=\frac{63{{N}_{OA}}\times 8}{64\times 7{{N}_{OB}}}=\frac{9}{8}\]                    


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