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91. If the half – life of a sample of radioactive material is 60 days, what...

91. If the half – life of a sample of radioactive material is 60 days, what fraction of the original radioactive nuclei will remain after 120 days.

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Since half life of radioactive sample is 60 days.

Therefore, 120 days represents 2 half lives,

After 2 half lives, fraction remaining is (1 / 2)2 = 1/4 Answer

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