Ratio of the numbers of nuclei of two substances with different half-lives after a time
This type of question, asked 5 times: 2021 Paper 3, 14 Jun 2022, 29 Jul 2022, 29 Jan 2023, 23 Jan 2025. All 5 questions below, oldest first.
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Question 1
2021 Paper 3
12Two radioactive substances and originally have and nuclei respectively. Half life of is half of the half life of . After three half lives of , number of nuclei of both are equal. The ratio will be equal to:Tap an option to check your answer.
Question 2
14 Jun 2022
116A sample contains each of two substances and with half lives and respectively. The ratio of then atomic weights is . The ratio of the amounts of A and B after is . the value of isQuestion 3
29 Jul 2022
119Two radioactive materials and have decay constants and respectively. If initially they have the same number of nuclei, then the ratio of the number of nuclei of B to that of A will be "e" after a time . The value of a isQuestion 4
29 Jan 2023
91Substance has atomic mass number 16 and half-life of 1 day. Another substance has atomic mass number 32 and half life of day. If both and simultaneously start undergo radio activity at the same time with initial mass each, how many total atoms of A and B combined would be left after 2 days.Tap an option to check your answer.
Question 5
23 Jan 2025
6A radioactive nucleus has 3 times the decay constant as compared to the decay constant of another radioactive nucleus . If initial number of both nuclei are the same, what is the ratio of number of nuclei of to the number of nuclei of , after one half-life of ?Tap an option to check your answer.