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Spontaneous and continuous disintegrationof a nucleus of aheavy element with the emission of certain types of radiation is known as radioactivity:-Write the relation connecting half-life and mean life of radioactive element.

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The number of nuclei undergoing decay per unit time is proportional to number of nuclei in the sample at that time.
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