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The half-life of a radioactive substance is `30` minutes, The time (in minutes) taken between `40 %` decay and `85 %` decay of the same radioactive substance is.A. 45B. 60C. 15D. 30

Answer» Correct Answer - B
(b) Decay `40 % rarr 85 %`
Remaining `60 % rarr 15 %`
`60 % overset (t ^1//_2)rarr 30% overset (t ^1//_2)rarr 15 %`
`:. t = 2 t_(1//2) = 60 min`.


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