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A radioactive sampleconsists of two distinct species having equal number of atoms initially. The mean life time of one species is t and that of the other is 5t. The decay products in both cases are stable. A plot is made of the total number of radioactive nuclei as a function of time. Which of the following figures best represents the form of this plot[IIT-JEE (Screening) 2001]

The total number of atoms neither remains constant (as in option (a) nor can ever increase (as in option (b) and (c)). They will continuously... View Article