In a sample of radioactive material the ...

In a sample of radioactive material the probability that a particular nucleus will decay in next 2 hour is `8xx10^(-4)` find the half life of the radioactive sample.
[Take `ln2=0.693,ln(0.9992)=-8xx10^(-4)`]

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