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A radioactive substance disintegrates at as rate proportional to the amount of substance present. If 50% f the given amount disintegrates in 1600 years. What percentage of the substance disintegrates i 10 years ? `(-log2)/(160)`Take `e=0. 9957`

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We have to find the percentage of the substance disintegrates i 10 years
Let A be amount of mass at the time t
`(dA)/(dt) alpha A`
`(dA)/(dt)=KA ........(1)`
`(dA)/A=Kdt`
`int(dA)/A=intKdt`
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