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JEE Main 20199 JanuaryEvening Shift
Exam
JEE Main
Year
2019
Date
9 January
Shift
Evening Shift
Subject
Physics
Chapter
Nuclear Physics

JEE Main 2019 · 9 January · Evening Shift · Physics · Nuclear Physics

At a given instant, say t = 0, two radioactive substance A and B...

At a given instant, say t=0,t = 0, two radioactive substance AA and BB have equal activities. The ratio RBRA\dfrac{{R}_{B}}{{R}_{A}} of their activities after time tt itself decays with time tt as e−3t.{e}^{- 3t} . If the half-life of AA is ln⁡2,\ln 2, the half-life of BB is:

Options

  1. A2ln⁡22\ln 2
  2. B4ln⁡24\ln 2
  3. Cln⁡24\dfrac{\ln 2}{4}
  4. Dln⁡22\dfrac{\ln 2}{2}

Correct answer

C. ln⁡24\dfrac{\ln 2}{4}

Step-by-step solution

Given,
Half life of A=ln⁡2A = \ln 2
Initial number of nucleus is, R0A=R0B=R0{R}_{0A} = {R}_{0B} = {R}_{0}

Half life is related with decay constant as, (t1/2)A=ln⁡2λ{\left({t}_{1/2}\right)}_{A} = \dfrac{\ln 2}{\lambda}
λA=1{\lambda}_{A} = 1

At t=0RA=RBt = 0{R}_{A} = {R}_{B}
From activity relation, we have,
R0e−λAT=R0E−λBT{R}_{0}{e}^{- {\lambda}_{A}T} = {R}_{0}{E}^{- {\lambda}_{B}T}

atT=t,⇒RBRA=R0e−λBtR0e−λAt\text{at}T = t, ⇒ \dfrac{{R}_{B}}{{R}_{A}} = \dfrac{{R}_{0}{e}^{- {\lambda}_{B}t}}{{R}_{0}{e}^{- {\lambda}_{A}t}}

As per given question, RBRA=e−3t\dfrac{{R}_{B}}{{R}_{A}} = {e}^{- 3t}, On comparing with above relation, we have
⇒e−(λB−λA)t=e−t⇒ {e}^{- \left({\lambda}_{B} - {\lambda}_{A}\right)t} = {e}^{- t}
⇒λB−λA=3⇒ {\lambda}_{B} - {\lambda}_{A} = 3
⇒λB=3+1=4⇒ {\lambda}_{B} = 3 + 1 = 4
⇒(t1/2)B=\lambdan2λB=\lambdan24⇒ {\left({t}_{1/2}\right)}_{B} = \dfrac{\lambdan2}{{\lambda}_{B}} = \dfrac{\lambdan2}{4}

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