For a radioactive material, its activity and rate of change of its activity are defined as and , where is the number of nuclei at time . Two radioactive sources (mean life ) and (mean life ) have the same activity at . Their rates of change of activities at are and , respectively. If , then the value of is
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JEE Advanced 2015 · Paper 2, Physics question 5
Answer and worked solution
Official answer: 2
Rate of change of activity. , so .
At t = 2τ.
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Ratio. , so .
Answer: 2
Topics:Radioactive decay