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Nuclei of a radioactive element are being produced at a constant rate α. The element has a decay constant λ. At time t = 0, there are N0 nuclei of the element.

If α=2N0λ, the number N of nuclei as t is


A

N04

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N02

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2N0

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4N0

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Solution

The correct option is C

2N0


If α=2N0λ, then we have

n=1λ[2N0λ(2N0λλN0)eλt]

=N0(2eλt)

When t

N=N0(2e)=N0(20)=2N0


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