Radioactive mass proportional decay: time for the mass to fall to one third
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Question 1
18 Apr 2026 S2
83The rate of disintegration of a radioactive element at any time is proportional to its mass at that time, where is the constant of proportionality. The time during which an original mass of 1.5 gm will disintegrate to a mass of 0.5 gm isTap an option to check your answer.
Question 2
13 May 2026 S1
85The rate of disintegration of a radioactive element at any time t is proportional to its mass at that time. Then the time during which the original mass of gm will disintegrate to a mass of gm. is...(where is proportionality constant)Tap an option to check your answer.