Mean life of a radioactive sample is $100$ seconds. Then its half life (in minutes) is
Mean life of a radioactive sample is $100$ seconds. Then its half life (in minutes) is
- A
$0.693$
- B
$1$
- C
$10^{-4}$
- D
$1.155$
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