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Carbon (Z=6) with mass number 11 decays to boron (Z=5).(a) Is it a `beta^+` -decay? (b) the half-life of the decay scheme is 20.3 minutes .How much time will elapse before a mixture of 90% carbon-11 and 10% boron-11(by the number pf atoms )converts itself into a mixture of 10% carbon-11 and 90% boron -11?

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`[beta^(+), 64 min]`
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