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The half-life of `Au^198` is 2.7 days.(a) Find the activity of a sample containing `1.00 mu g ` of `Au^198`.(b) What will be the activity after 7 days ? Take the atomic weight of `Au^198` to be `198 g mol^-1`.

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A, B, C, D

(a) We know that activity = `lambda n`
and Here `n = (1 xx 10^(-6) xx 6.023 xx 10^(23) )/(198) `
`= (6.023 xx 10^(17))/( 198) `
so , activity
` = (0.693 xx 10^(17) xx 6.023)/(27 xx 198 xx 24 xx 3600 ) xx ((1)/(37 xx 10^(10))Ci`
` = 0.244 Ci `
(b) We know that
` A = A_(8)e ^(-lambdatau) `
`= 0.244 xx e ^(0.698/(8) xx7 )`
` = 0.244 xx e^(-1.7966) `
`= 0.040 Ci`
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