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The half life of a radioactive substance is $5$ years. After $x$ years a given sample of the radioactive substance gest reduced to $6.25 \%$ of its initial value of $x$ is ...............

A

$20$

B

$19$

C

$21$

D

$22$

(JEE MAIN-2022)

Solution

$T 1 / 2=5$ year

$N = N _{0}\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)^{\text {No of half lives }}$

$\frac{ N }{ N _{0}}=\frac{1}{16}=\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)^{4}$

Time $=4$ half lives $=20$ years

Standard 12
Physics

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