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Standard XII
Physics
Half Life and Average Life
If the half l...
Question
If the half life of a radioactive material is
100
days then its half life after
10
days will become
A
50
days
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B
200
days
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C
400
days
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D
100
days
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Solution
The correct option is
B
100
days
Half life is
log
e
2
λ
, where
λ
is the decay constant.
As both Half-life and decay-constant remains constant. So in this case, it will remain
100
d
a
y
s
always.
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