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The half life of radioactive Radon is `3.8 days` . The time at the end of which `(1)/(20) th` of the radon sample will remain undecayed is `(given log e = 0.4343 ) `

A

`3.8` days

B

`16.5` day

C

`33` day

D

`76` day

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The correct Answer is:
B

`M = M_(0)e^(-lambdat) rArr (M_(0))/(20) = M_(0)e^(-lambdat) rArr ln (1/20) = -lambdat`
`rArr ((ln(20))/(ln2)) T_(1//2) = t rArr ((ln(2) + ln(10))/(ln2))T_(1//2) = t`
`rArr t = 16.42` days
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