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The half life of a radioactive substance is 20 minutes. The time taken between 50% decay and 87.5% decay of the substance will be

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10 minutes
25 minutes
40 minutes
30 minutes

Solution :50% decay= 50% REMAINING
87.5% decay `rarr 12.5%` remaining
`therefore` time for 50% `rarr 25%` = 20min
time of `25% rarr 12.5 = ul("20 min")`
`ul("40 min")`


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