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Find the number of half lives elapsed, before which, 93.75% of a radioactive sample has decayed.

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SOLUTION :FRACTION of atoms left undecayed is 100-93.75%
6.25%
i.e., `N/N_0=6.25/100=1/16`
or `N/N_0=(1/2)^4` or , `N=N_0(1/2)^4`
COMPARING with `N=N_0(1/2)^n` , yields n=4 .


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