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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
$N = N _0\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)^{ n }$
$\frac{ N _0}{8}= N _0\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)^{ n }$
$n =3$
$3 \text { half lives }=3 \text { days }$
$1 \text { half life }=1 \text { day }$
$5 \text { days }=5 \text { half life }$
$N = N _0\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)^{ n }$
$8 \times 10^{-3}= N _0\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)^5$
$N _0=256 \times 10^{-3}\,kg$
$N _0=256\,g$
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