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If 12g of a sample is taken, then 6g of ...

If `12g` of a sample is taken, then `6g` of a sample decays in `1 hr`. Find the amount of sample showing decay in next hour.

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`3`
`:'` Half-life is `1 hr`.
`:.` In each half-life, half of the sample decays `= 3g`
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