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Half-life of a substance is 20 minutes. What is the time between 33% decay and 67% decay ?

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20 MINUTES
25 minutes
30 minutes
40 minutes.

Solution :N=67% LEFT `=2/3," ALSO N"=33% =1/3`
`or 1/3=2/3 (1/2)^(n)`
`1/2=(1/2)^(n) or n=1`
So half-life period=20 minutes


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