At time $t = 0, N_1$ nuclei of decay constant $\lambda _1 \,\& \,N_2$ nuclei of decay constant $\lambda _2$ are mixed . The decay rate of the mixture is :
${N_1}{N_2}{e^{ - \left( {{\lambda _1} + {\lambda _2}} \right)t}}$
$ + \left( {\frac{{{N_1}}}{{{N_2}}}} \right){e^{ - \left( {{\lambda _1} - {\lambda _2}} \right)t}}$
$ + ({N_1}{\lambda _1}{e^{ - {\lambda _1}t}} + {N_2}{\lambda _2}{e^{ - {\lambda _2}t}})$
$ + {N_1}{\lambda _1}{N_2}{\lambda _2}{e^{ - \left( {{\lambda _1} + {\lambda _2}} \right)t}}$
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Define the average life of a radioactive substance.
Two radioactive nuclei $P$ and $Q,$ in a given sample decay into a stable nucleus $R.$ At time $t = 0,$ number of $P$ species are $4\,\, N_0$ and that of $Q$ are $N_0$. Half-life of $P$ (for conversion to $R$) is $1$ minute where as that of $Q$ is $2$ minutes. Initially there are no nuclei of $R$ present in the sample. When number of nuclei of $P$ and $Q$ are equal, the number of nuclei of $R$ present in the sample would be
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