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20% of a radioactive element disintegrates in 1hr.The percentage of the radioactive element disintegrated in 2hrs will be
  1. 36%
  2. 60%
  3. 64%
  4. 40%

A
60%
B
36%
C
40%
D
64%
Solution
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Let initially the number of radioactive particles be 100.
Using the formula:
N=N0eλt where λ=2.303tlog(N0N)

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