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4. What is the half-life of the radioactive isotope with amount A, whose rate of decay in t hours is shown in the graph below?

(0,40)
(20,15)

4. What is the half-life of the radioactive isotope with amount A, whose rate of decay-example-1

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Answer:The half life is the time taken for the amount of a substance to become half of its original value. If we take the initial value to be 30 on the y-axis, the half of 30 is 15. We check the time at which the substance has reduced to 15 atoms and this is about 40 seconds. The answer is C.

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15, 25

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