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A sample of a radioactive isotope contains N nuclei at time t.At time `(t+triangle t)`,it contains `(N-triangleN)` nuclei of the isotope.
For the period `trianglet`,state in terms of `N,triangle N` and `trianglet`,
the probability of decay of a nucleus.

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