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A radioactive sample decays through two different decay processes `alpha`-decay and `beta`-decay is `6h`. What will be the ratio of number of radioactive nuclei present after `6 h`?.

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The correct Answer is:
8

`6h=3(t_(eq))`
`rArr N=(N_(0))/((2)^(3)) rArr (N_(0))/(N)=8`.
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