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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
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