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A radio-active material is reduced to $1 / 8$ of its original amount in $3$ days. If $8 \times 10^{-3}\,kg$ of the material is left after $5$ days. The initial amount of the material is $.......\,g$

A

$64$

B

$40$

C

$32$

D

$256$

(JEE MAIN-2023)

Solution

$N = N _0\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)^{ n }$

$\frac{ N _0}{8}= N _0\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)^{ n }$

$n =3$

$3 \text { half lives }=3 \text { days }$

$1 \text { half life }=1 \text { day }$

$5 \text { days }=5 \text { half life }$

$N = N _0\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)^{ n }$

$8 \times 10^{-3}= N _0\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)^5$

$N _0=256 \times 10^{-3}\,kg$

$N _0=256\,g$

Standard 12
Physics

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