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A radioactive substance takes 20 min to decay 25%. How much time will be taken to decay 75%

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96.4 min
68 min
964 min
680 min

Solution :For 25% DECAY
`K = (2.303)/(20) "log"(100)/(75) = (2.303)/(20) xx 0.1249 = 0.1438`
For 75% decay
`t = (2.303)/(0.01438) "log" (100)/(25) = 96.4` MINUTE


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