Question
The count rate from a radioactive sample falls from 4.0 × 106 per second to 1.0 × 106 per second in 20 hours. What will be the count rate 100 hours after the beginning?
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Answer
$\text{A}_0=4\times10^5$ disintegration/sec
$\text{A}'=1\times10^6$
dis/sec; t = 20 hours.$\text{A}'=\frac{\text{A}_0}{2^{\frac{\text{t}}{\text{t}_{\frac{1}{2}}}}}\Rightarrow2^{\frac{\text{t}}{\text{t}_{\frac{1}{2}}}}=\frac{\text{A}_0}{\text{A}'}\Rightarrow2^{\frac{\text{t}}{\text{t}_{\frac{1}{2}}}}=4$
$\Rightarrow\frac{\text{t}}{\text{t}_{\frac{1}{2}}}=2\Rightarrow\text{t}^{\frac{1}{2}}=\frac{\text{t}}{2}=\frac{20\text{ hours}}{2}=10\text{ hours}.$
$\text{A}''=\frac{\text{A}_0}{2^{\frac{\text{t}}{\text{t}_{\frac{1}{2}}}}}\Rightarrow\text{A}''=\frac{4\times10^6}{2^{\frac{100}{10}}}$
$=0.00390625\times10^6=3.9\times10^3$
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